From David Lindsay   26 September 1885

MacKinnon Parade west

North Adelaide

26th Sept 1885.

Baron Von Mueller K.C.M.G. &c &c

Melbourne

 

Sir,

I desire to express my thanks to you for the very kind and thoughtful act of sending the book "First help in accidents"1 which I am sure will be of great service to me in the case of sickness or accidents. The printed slips are interesting, and I hope that I will be able to send you some new plants.

I leave for Hergott2 on Monday to purchase Camels. It will be quite 3 weeks yet before I make a final start. Heavy rains in the extreme Far North promise a favorable season for travelling.

I will be glad to receive the seeds for planting as you proposed, and will also be glad to avail myself of any suggestions you — out of your extensive knowledge — may think fit to make.3

I am

Yours very faithfully

David Lindsay

Licensed Surveyor &c

1
First help in accidents and in sickness: a guide in the absence, or before the arrival, of medical assistance (Boston Moore, 1878).
2
Hergott Springs, SA. Lindsay was about to set out on an expedition from Hergott Springs to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
3
See M to D. Lindsay, 15 October 1885.

Please cite as “FVM-85-09-26a,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-09-26a