Maritima
Brighton Beach
7th April 1891
My dear Baron,
I am greatly obliged to you for your kind letter of yesterdays date1 giving me notice of the Birds, Reptiles, & insects from Mt Yule,2 and I will gladly go and see them. I often regret that none of the Zoological Collections made by parties from Victoria or subsidised by our Colony come to the Public Museum. I am still so weak, & get my strength back so slowly that I am quite out of spirits & patience.3 Yesterday after my second lecture I was so exhausted that I had to go and lie down before I could go home. Each day however I am a little better & hope soon to be well enough to tackle my arrears of work, and return thanks to all the kind inquiries during my nearly three months mostly in bed. My medical attendant protests against my return to work & lecturing.
Ever My dear Baron
Very truly & affectionately Yours
Frederick McCoy
Baron v. Müller
K.C.M.G.
&c &c &c
Letter not found.
Papua New Guinea. Europeans ascended Mt Yule (2,409 m) for the first time in 1891, during an expedition sponsored by the Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia; see M to A. Cogniaux, 28 March 1891 (in this edition as 91-03-28a). The specimens collected were in Melbourne by March and were displayed for members of the RGSA on 3 April. See also M to E. Ramsay, April 1891 (in this edition as 91-04-00d).
In his later years, McCoy 'suffered periods of protracted bronchial illness' (ADB).
Please cite as “FVM-91-04-07a,” 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