University1
17/2/62
My dear Dr Müller
Deshayes subgenus of shells Capsella was established in 1854 in Proceedings Zoolog. Soc. London.2 If you are thinking of the double use for plants & animals I have long found the number doubly […]3 between the vegetable & animal Kingdom growing so happily large, that I feel convinced (and have acted accordingly for many years) that we must rest satisfied with the improbability of serious confusion, and accept the [risks]4 so far
As for our rival claim on the Meteorite I would suggest the good old test of single combat and walking on red hot plough shares to see with whom the right lies — unless indeed the British Museum would save it by sending me Abels one.
Ever my dear Dr Müller
very truly yours
Frederick M'Coy.5
Please cite as “FVM-62-02-17,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 29 October 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/62-02-17