The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne, Bot. Garden, Nov. 29/71. ¶ ¶ A favorable opportunity has arisen, dear Prof Agassiz, to send you some more fishes by one of the American Woolships. The new wool trade with your country will...

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Physical location:

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Agassiz Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 71.11.29

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Louis Agassiz, 1871-11-29. 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/1870-9/1871/71-11-29-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

MS not in M's hand; it appears to be a file copy.

Melbourne, Bot. Garden, Nov. 29/71.

A favorable opportunity has arisen, dear Prof Agassiz, to send you some more fishes by one of the American Woolships. The new wool trade with your country will afford facilities for future transmission such as we never before possessed.

From the enclosed note you will observe that the cask contains 27 fishes one or the other of which may prove new.

There is also an Echidna in the cask.

With regardful salutation, yours,

Baron von Mueller.

Sent — Per Gamecock.

Specimens of Victorian Fish enclosed in keg with spirits and addressed to Prof. Agassiz, Boston.

Murray Perch

Pilchard

Flounder

Pike

Ling

Sand Eel

White bait

John Dory

Rock Cod

Snapper

Whiting

Roughie

Garfish

Rock Eel

Flat Head

and also several other species of fish to the total number of twenty-seven: Enclosed also in the cask 1 Native porcupine.