McGill Libraries
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 22.2 x 32.2 cm
Illustration of: West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus); in French, Lamantin des Caraïbes; in Haitian Creole, Boeuf lanmè. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No 37 / Le Lamentin. / 1/10 / 1.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No 37 / The Manatee. / 1/10 / 1.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 37. / jeune Lamantin male de 5 pied de longueur, les grands ont 9 et dix pied de long fait au Cap dapres Nature le 17 mars 1783 Rabié ou manati / No. 57. jeune lamentin, mâle, de cinq pieds de long, les grands ont de 9 à 10 pieds de long.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 37. / young male Manatee 5 feet long, the adults are 9 and ten feet long, done at Le Cap from life, 17 March 1783 Rabié/ or "manati" / No. 57. young manatee, male, five feet long, the adults are 9 to 10 feet long.