[A letter from M. Le Comte D'Epremesnil, secretary to the Imperial Acclimatisation Society of France, addressed to Dr Mueller, was read, acknowledging the arrival in Paris of three kangaroos, two Cape Barren geese, and Three Murray Turtles; and stating that by an early opportunity they hoped to send forward the zebras and ostriches prepared for the Isis, also a shipment of red and grey partridges and hares.1 M. D 'Epremesnil also speaks of the success which has attended the introduction into France of the silk-worm which feeds on the Chinese oak leaf, and mentions that the society has already sent to Reunion Isle eggs of the two other kinds of worms, namely, Bombya Cynthia and Bombya Arrindra.]
Isis, which arrived in Melbourne on 14 January 1864 (Argus, 15 January 1864, p. 4) ‘had sailed [from France] before the animals destined to come by her had arrived from Algeria’; see report of the meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria held on 19 January 1864, Argus, 21 January 1864, p. 5.
Letter not found. For the text given here, see 'Acclimatisation Society of Victoria', a report of the meeting of the Council of the Society held on 9 February 1864 (Ballarat star, 12 February 1864, p. 4). The letter is dated to December 1863 as the latest likely date for it to be written and then arrive in Melbourne in February 1864.
Please cite as “FVM-63-12-00b,” 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