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bow

The Bow of an African Prince, which was given by Patriotic Mrs. Motte, to a Detachment of the American Army, for the Purpose of burning her own House, then fortified by the British

sheep

Cape-Sheep (ovis capensis)

A monkey that appears to belong only to a different variety of the Callitrix monkey

Lines made by the Africans on board of a prison-ship, out of Oacum [oakum]

A horn, (perhaps of the African Buffalo.) used to call them together

albatross

An Albatross, from the Cape of Good Hope

Bow and Quiver of Poisoned Arrows used by the Mandingo Tribe of Negroes. at Sierra Leone, on the Coast of Africa

A large callabash handsomely ornimented and used as a bag to put their handkerchiefs and to market with

A large species of Toad fish (Diodon) from near the Island of St. Helena

Wooden Spoon from Africa

Un écaille de poisson de la côte de Guinée grand comme la paume de la main
Trans.: A fish scale from the coast of Guinea large like the palm of the hand

A large snake Skin. from the Coast of Africa

Bow and Quiver of Poisoned Arrows, from Africa

A Living Monkey, from Africa

Des Groupes de Barnacles ou Conchæ Anatifera trouvés autour de la Quille d'un Vaisseau qui revenoit de la côte de Guinée à Philada & avoit été 19 mois à la mer il y avoit aussi des coquilles d'huitres de moules &c. attachés ensemble