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[[ink sketch of a slug]]
23
Limax sur Ag. ellipticus Ohio
1/4 p. brun, ant. clavcis courtes les 2 inf. Surtout, queue comps. aig --
      Limax furcate --

Picus Pittsb. Nov.
Épeiches très sembl [[pect?]] quai'que diff un
distr - que pas long al. 7 p. totale 9 [[Eur.?]] 16 p. Bec long 1 1/4 p. Mand. sup. à lat. longit lat. & [[inférieur?]] bout
      2ͤ  bande bl. sous [[--arais?]] faisant le tour de la nuque, nuque huppé noirᵃ à tache [[de culotte?]] dessus -- front roux
4 per - [[noires?]] à  le g int, 2 bl. extl 
4 int bl rousses au bout, outre. les
3 [[sans les?]] later

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Ich.Oh.83
[[an ink sketch of a long-nosed fish, viewed from above, with 4 "x" markings near the tip of it's nose.  Three large stars appear above the tip of the nose and one large star appears closer to the fish's head.]]
[[a second ink sketch shows the long-nosed fish in profile with a vertical line accentuating the end of its nose]] [[/sketches and annotations]]
Tête du
Megashonus Paradoxus  Pittsbg
Spring 1816 Long. totale du Poisson double du Mas -- Tête 20 pouces -- larg au gris bout 2 1/2 p. plus grosses & gros bout 2 [[ne--?]].
longit. sorte membr reticulé on étoiles hexagons; yeux ronds très petits. [[overwritten]] M [[/overwritten]] Bouche sans dents! 
Opercule avait ovale rayonne comme [[Eta---?]] ainsi que la dessus de laterale tous brun --

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Merid. de Paris 2°.20 Est de Grenwich [[vigouvé?]]
2°.20'.15" ou 9'21" determ à cause [[dpl. applàt 1'/1' de lateure?]] qui est 1/300 [[Lat and?]] -

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Metre 1/10 millioneme du quant Meridien
Un degré 100.000 M ou [[overwritten]] 22 [[/overwritten]] 20 [[le crus?]] de 5000 Metres

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J. Souler London 73 St. Pauls Church yard Agᵗ 
for sale amer books in Engl. Scotl & Ireland

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24. Lutrix [[mieux?]] ---
Mieux 23 p. g. Gp. [[groda?]] noire du mil au bout. pelage joli brun marron plus fonce sur latit. et les pied., p. courts tous à 5 doigts irreg. [[strikethrough]] ongles [[/strikethrough]] 2 interm longs ongles blanch pl. courts que les pieds -- nez brun dents blanches can. longues incis G. les 2 lat pl grandes toutes pl. tronq. tache blanch & sous les yeux, grande sous menton et gorge, pet. sous [[poitrent?]] -- 
99f- [[une?]] sur Ventre

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[[Ali lng?]] travels 2 p 113. found in the descent of Tor a fine Lizard 8 inches long perfectly white, with the head & neck of a fine rose colour
belly swelled --