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La Bécune
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CA RBD 2-30
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6 October 1773 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour ; 23.5 x 33.5 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of: Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda); in French, Barracuda; in Haitian Creole, Bekin. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 25.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 25.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. 25 Bécune de 24 pouces de long. peinte daprès nature au Cap le 6 8bre 1773. Ce poisson est tres Bon La chair en est tres blanche Rabié / no. 30. La Bécune, de deux pieds de long. Ce poisson dont la chair est très blanche est très bon à manger; mais quand il est pêché sur des fonds cuivrés, il donne des coliques.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): no. 25 Barracuda 24 inches long. painted from life at Le Cap 6 October 1773. This fish is very good. The flesh is very white Rabié / no. 30. The Barracuda, two feet long. This fish with its white flesh is very good to eat; but when it is fished on coppery grounds ["Copper Banks'}, it give colics.
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30
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30
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25