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Transcription
Length 2 feet 2
Width 16 in.
170
A
Green Stripe
Blue so
Yellow
Dark
3
[illegible]
Scales thick &
lemony
3
25
3/4
Pale yellow
Black
Vermellin
Same as above
Genis naaman
Lorna black
Balister
Body blue
Plate
Black
Vinty yellow
Skin of this fish is
preserved
Selukia Giji
June 1840
See other side