[A letter was read from Dr Mueller stating that he was forwarding to the French Society for Angling2 4 Murray turtles]
Letter not found. The text given here is from the minutes of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, 9 June 1863 (unit 3, VPRS 2223, Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Public Record Office, Victoria).
Minute secretary's error? Both the procès-verbaux of the Council of the Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, Paris (Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, 1863, p. 569) and the Gazette national ou le Moniteur universel, 13 August 1863, p. 2, reported that tortoises had been sent to the Jardin d'acclimatation in Paris.
Please cite as “FVM-63-06-00e,” 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