Ostern /1879.
Wiederum, bester Herr u Freund, ist eine kleine Sendung für Sie fertig geworden von hier, u dann wird Ihnen speciell verpackt auch noch ein grosses austral Crocodil zugehen. Das letztere allein mit Verpackung und Fracht kostet etwa zehn £. Sie sehen also, dass ich kein Opfer scheue, Ihnen nützlich zu sein. Gern möchte ich nun nach genauerer Untersuchung von Ihnen wissen, ob diese Art von der indischen verschieden sei.
Das grosse Ex. geht pr "Scottish Prince" von Queensland direct an Sie ab (pr Blackith & Co); ein kleineres Exemplar sende ich mit den andere Sachen an Hr Dr Sonder, wie Sie aus beigefügten Notiz ersehen werden.
Von den Apterixbälgen u Strigopsbälgen,1 so wie von den Skeletten dieser Vögel bitte ich Sie 1 Ex. an das Museum meiner Vaterstadt Rostock gütig senden zu wollen
Stets der Ihre
Ihr Ferd. von Mueller
2Liste für H. Prof. Dr. Krauss
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1 Fass Fische & Reptilien von West Australien
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1 Kiste enthält
| 4 Kakapoo Bälge,3 |
von Neu Seeland |
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| 2 do Scelette | ||
| 4 Kiwi Bälge4 | ||
| 2 Kakapoo Scelette5 |
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4 Ratten & Mäuse von Nord Queensland
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1 Paq Bücher & Drucksachen
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6 div. Vogelbälge von West. Australien
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1 Paq Spongi Neuseeland
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Pr s.s. "Durham"
Care of Dr Sonder
Kiste enthält
1 Alligator von Nord Queensland
Easter 18796
Again, best of men and friend, a small consignment is ready for you from here, and then also another large Australian Crocodile will reach you specially packed. The latter alone with packing and freight costs about ten £. You see therefore that I spare no sacrifice to be useful to you. I would like now to know from you after closer investigation whether this species is different from the Indian.7
The large specimen goes off per "Scottish Prince" from Queensland direct to you (per Blackith & Co); I am sending a smaller specimen with the other things to Dr Sonder, as you will gather from the enclosed note.
Of the Apteryx skins and Strigops skins, as well as of the skeletons of these birds, I ask you to kindly send 1 specimen to the museum of my native town Rostock.
Always your
Ferd. von Mueller.
List for Prof. Dr. Krauss
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1 barrel of fishes & reptiles from Western Australia
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1 crate containing
4 Kakapo skins 2 ditto skeletons 4 Kiwi skins 8 2 Kakapo skeletons9 |
from New Zealand |
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4 rats & mice from North Queensland
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1 packet of books & printed matter
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6 various bird skins from Western Australia
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1 packet of sponges New Zealand
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Pr s.s. "Durham"
Care of Dr Sonder
1 crate containing
1 Alligator from North Queensland10
Strigops over Nestor deleted.
What follows is on a separate sheet and is filed separately, but would appear to be the ‘enclosed note’ to which M refers in his letter. The list is accompanied by a bill of lading from Brasch & Rothenstein, Berlin for shipping from London.
MS annotation by Krauss: 'Strigops'.
MS annotation by Krauss: 'Owenia'.
MS annotation by Krauss: 'Kiwi'.
Easter fell on 13 April in 1879.
See M to F. von Krauss, 19 March 1879.
MS annotation by Krauss: 'Owenia'.
MS annotation by Krauss: 'Kiwi'.
On 17 June 1879 C. Blackith wrote to Krauss:
London, 17 June 1879
Professor Dr Krauss
Stuttgart
Dear Sir,
We forwarded to your address via Flushing carriage paid DS. 1 Case & DK One Case, both contg Natural History Specimens and which we trust will reach you safely; they come from the Baron F von Mueller of Melbourne, Australia; some of the contents we believe are for Dr. Sonder, Hamburgh.
We shall be pleased if you will make use of our services for the transmission of any goods you are sending to or having home from abroad.
We are dear Sir
Yours truly
C. J. Blackith Co
MS annotation by Krauss: 'empf. 10. Juni '79. Rep. 3. Juli' [received 10 June '79. Replied 3 July]. Letter not found.
A further note reads: '27. Juni 1879 wurden an das zoolog. Museum abgeschickt in Rostock (unfrankirt)' [27th June 1879 were sent off to the zoological museum in Rostock (without prepayment)]
'2 Bälge Strigops an den Flugeln beschadigt' [2 skins of Strigops damaged on the wings]
'1 Skel. Strigops (dieser schadhaftes […]' [1 skeleton of Strigops (this damaged […])]
'1 Balg u. 1 Skelet v. Apteryx Owenii' [1 skin and 1 skeleton of Apteryx owenii].
Please cite as “FVM-79-04-13,” 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