Series 02: Journal of a tour in Holland, 12 February - 22 March 1773 - No. 0060

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Utrecht                                     

4.  went to see the Collection of a Mr Julienns [Juliennes] an apothecary who shewd us several remarkable thing as

Sepia rostrum the beak of a Cuttle fish of an immence size the under mandible 3 inches in lengh the upper the same & the breadth across the base of the two mandibles also 3 inches    the animal to which this beak has belonged must have been of an incredible size

Silurus a species of that genus whose upper jaw was coverd with short ramenta for near 1/4 of an inch in breadth from his nose

Silurus another somewhat resembling the former but whose belly was coverd with short pedunculated suckers at least bodies which appeard as such being threads 1/4 of an inch in lengh with such a flat rounded substance at its end

Lampyris the two species I had before seen at the prince of oranges cabinet with serrated rostra

Libella  the species I had before seen with a large abdomen