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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, Paris, 1862-03 [62.03.00c]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1862/62-03-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, vol. 9 (1862), p. 429. It must have been written soon after 13 March, see n. 2.
[M. Ferd. Mueller adresse l'expression de sa gratitude pour la Société et Son Exe. le Ministre de la marine, à l'occasion de l'envoi qui lui a été fait par M. Hardy d'un couple d'Autruches d'Afrique; il annonce que malheureusement ces animaux ont péri pendant la traversée. A la lettre de M. Mueller étaient jointes des graines de
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, qui lui paraît devoir réussir en Algérie.]
[Mr Ferd. Mueller expresses his gratitude to the Society and His Excellency, The Minister of Marine, on the occasion of the dispatch made to him by Mr Hardy of a pair of African ostriches; he announces that unfortunately these animals perished in transit.
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At the meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria held on 18 March 1862 (Argus, 22 March 1862, p. 5), M reported that both birds survived the trans-shipment in Egypt, but the female died between Suez and Galle [Sri Lanka] and the male, in good condition when placed on board Northam, died before reaching Melbourne (on 13 March; see Argus, 14 March 1862, p. 4).
Mr Mueller’s letter was accompanied by seeds of
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, which ought to succeed, it seems to him, in Algeria.]