Ferdinand von Mueller

Maritima

Brighton Beach

7th April 1891

My dear Baron,

I am greatly obliged to you for your kind letter of yesterdays date

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Letter not found.

giving me notice of the Birds, Reptiles, & insects from Mt Yule,

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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).

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.

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In his later years, McCoy 'suffered periods of protracted bronchial illness' (ADB).

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.

Baron v. Müller

K.C.M.G.

&c &c &c