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A Small black lizard with four white lines along the back found in the water in [blank]

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

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

A brain stone or madrepora from the West Indies

Un Phaisant ou Cocq de Bruyère ou Gelinotte de cette province [Pennsylvania]
Trans.: A pheasant or Coq de Bruyère or Gelinotte from this province [Pennsylvania]

Un defense de Sanglier
Trans.: A wild boar tusk

Two teredo or worms to eat holes in Ship's bottom

A horse wasp of this province [Pennsylvania]

The skin of a Rattle Snake 3 feet 2 inches long

A bone 7 inches long 1/2 broad at the part that join a fragment which appears to be part of a Scull

Un Scie de Poisson de 2 pieds de long ayant 17 dents de chaque côté fort frais & bien preservé
Trans.: A 2-foot long saw fish with 17 teeth on each side very fresh and well preserved

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

A Small bird with black head, black wings and tail, the upper part of the wings, Some of the flag-feathers and the under part of the tail of a bright orange colour, and the belly white