From Charles La Trobe to Ronald Gunn   9 November 1853

Melbourne 9. Nov. 1853

 

My dear Gunn

I send you the report of that strange personage Mr Swainson.1 He is determined to 'faire sensation' as the French say. Dr Müller whose report I sent you the other day2 is more to my taste.

[…]3

1
Swainson (1853).
2
See C. La Trobe to R. Gunn, 27 October 1853.
3
The remainder of the letter has no bearing on M.

Please cite as “FVM-M53-11-09,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/M53-11-09