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Box No 2
Zoological
Specimen
16th Sep. 1841
This Box has the fossils, Shells, Linten and other
indicators of having been opened.
The Box contains chiefly shells, insects,
&c. &c. apparently fossil. Their localities are given
above. The slight. Gray Bay & Rio de la Plata.
Box No 3
Botanical
Specimen
18th Sep. 1841
These Boxes do not appear to have been
opened.
Each contains a Tin Case. The Contents of the
Box are dried plants & sections of Monocotyledons.
The whole nearly ruined condition. No. 2 & 3. some
cells of plants from Brazil & Patagonia. Chile & Peru.
Box No 4.
Botanical
Specimen
16th Sep. 1841
Box No 5.
Botanical
Specimen
16th Sep. 1841
These two Boxes (Draconian) appear not to have been
opened, they enclosed each a Tin Case
Contents
13 stained specimens from New Holland & the
Pacific Islands.