From Frederick McCoy   4 February 1868

N. M.1 4/2/68

My dear Dr Mueller.

I beg to ack.2 with many thanks the Skull of Crocodilus Porosus & the Bats reptiles & shells you were so kind as to send the Museum from Capt. Cadells expedition.3 Would you pray inform me if you have seen the specimen of Casuarius Australis, or know where it is as many people have written to me on the supposition that it was in this Museum

I remain &c

F. McC.

 

Dr Mueller

Botanic Garden

1
National Museum.
2
acknowledge.
3
In 1867 Francis Cadell was appointed by the South Australian Government to lead an expedition to the Northern Territory to choose a site for the capital and an area for agricultural settlement.

Please cite as “FVM-68-02-04a,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/68-02-04a