Letter from S N A Drummond Hay regarding the shipping of animals by HM sloop 'Procuris', preliminary notice of proposed shipment of animals via Gibraltar, a few specimens that have been sent via a friend and agent in Gibraltar, thanks for the volume of Desmarish and confirmation that they will send to the Zoological Society of London every rare animal within their reach
SEC/2/1/34
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Stuk
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1833
Part of ZSL Secretaries
SEC/6/22
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Stuk
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1854
Part of ZSL Secretaries
Letter from John Green to David William Mitchell regarding the transport of the hippopotamus on the 'Ripon' for the Zoological Society of London
SEC/2/1/29
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1836
Part of ZSL Secretaries
Letter from William Tyler Hamilton saying the elephant had arrived and appeared least worse for it. It was a valuable addition to the collection. They are likely to lost the last fine male as it was showing signs of enlargement of the epiglottis which proved fatal in the female