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Letter regarding a specimen of a dead adder which was shipped on board the 'City of Poona' from Adelaide

Letter regarding the shipment of a case containing a dead Adder

Letter regarding a Bill of Lading for the wild animals shipped to the Zoological Society of London per S.S. City of Calcutta

Letter from Leonard Howard Loyd Irby to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the bill for a shipment of goats

Letter from Horlock to the Superintendent of the Zoological Society of London Garden asking for instructions as to transport by sea and enquiries as to the price of animals to be disposed of

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

Letter from Mr Hanson to Geoffrey Marr Vevers offering a lizard to the Zoological Society of London

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

Letter from Carl Hagenbeck to Peter Chalmers Mitchell regarding his shipment of a buffalo to the Zoological Society of London

Letter from John Green to David William Mitchell regarding the transport of the hippopotamus on the 'Ripon' for the Zoological Society of London