To Henry Rawlinson   1 February 1872

Bot Gard. Melbourne

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The enclosed, dear Sir Henry, is a copy of the notes on the bone-remnants supposed to be those of some of Leichhardts party, and found by Mr Gilmour at Wantatta.2 The examination was made by my friend Dr James Rudall, one of our leading operative Surgeons and anatomists.

With best salutation

Ferd von Mueller

1
The date is in error. The letter enclosed a copy of a report, J. Rudall to M, dated 31 January 1872 (in this edition as 72-01-31a).
2
Wanta ta waterhole, Qld. See Gilmour's report, Brisbane courier , 13 December, 1871, p. 3, col. b.

Please cite as “FVM-72-02-01a,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/72-02-01a