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A centapee or forty legs

Deux coquillages univalves de la sorte nommé Porcellanæ en français argus de la baye de Honduras
Trans.: Two univalve shells of the kind named Porcellanae in French argus from the bay of Honduras

The hippocampus from Dr. Franklin's collection

A large helmet-Shell eight inches long and Six heigh the [mouth?] from the West-Indies

Des pucelages polis rougeatre tachete de blanc
Trans: Polished pucelages reddish spotted with white

Des escargots ronds blancs a petits rayes noires
Trans.: White round snails with small black stripes

Four large bivalves called rising suns & Some others

Un pucelage couleur d'agathe raye à dents
Trans.: A pucelage the color of agathe [agate?] striped with teeth

Sea Starr from the Sea Shore at black point

Des coquilles bivalves Rayees, rouge & blanc qu'on nomme soleil levant
Trans.: Striped, red and white bivalve shells called the rising sun

Le Sabot Entouré de rangs des pointes jaunetres
Trans.: The sabot surrounded by rows of yellow tips

Differentes especes de terebratules, rondes, oblongues, striees lisses, [luillées?], &c.
Trans.: Differerent species of terebratula, round, oblong, smooth ridges, [glowing?], etc.

Small horse Shoe crabs from the Sea Shore at black point

Une huitre nommée gâ teau feuilleté jointe a une branche de coral blanc
Trans.: An oyster called a gâteau feuilleté attached to a branch of white coral