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From Achille Berg to Ferdinand von Mueller   [Apr 1862]

[At a meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society, last Tuesday, a letter was read from Monsieur Antoine Berg,1 of St. Louis, Isle of Bourbon, addressed to Dr. Mueller, offering to commence a system of interchange with the various varieties of animal life of the two countries.]2

1

The writer of the letter was almost certainly Achille Berg, given his known membership of the Société Impériale d'Acclimatation in Paris and his involvement in acclimatisation affairs on Bourbon.

2

The report continues: 'M. Berg is the representative of the Société Impériale d'Acclimatation of France at the Isle of Bourbon, and is consequently in a position to be of service to the society. Dr. Mueller was requested to send a suitable reply.' See also G. Sprigg to M, 18 June 1862 (in this edition as 62-06-18a).

3

Letter not found. For the text given here, see Argus, 19 June 1862, p. 4. Dates of arrival of mail from Mauritius, which would have been the route for mail from Bourbon, have not been found, and neither have details of the mail service between Bourbon and Mauritius. However, based on known voyage times between Mauritius and Melbourne, Berg must almost certainly have posted his letter in Bourbon before the end of April.

Please cite as “FVM-62-04-00f,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/62-04-00f