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written communication t&e: mailboat, St Kilda
zoological specimen: adder, puff
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zoological specimen: bone, walrus
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zoological specimen: egg, bird's
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Allan, Robert William
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Red leather bag containing a caul (Caul)
Piece of caul (Caul)
Ore sample
Sawfish rostrum (Sawfish rostrum)
Barnacle taken from hull of an Indiaman (Barnacle)
Coral and shells in wooden case (Coral)
Mammoth's tooth (Mammoth's tooth)
Conch shell (Conch shell)
Horse's tooth (Horse's tooth)
Fossilised tusk (Fossilised tusk)
Fossilized mammoth's tooth (Mammoth's tooth)
Caribou bone
Sawfish rostrum (Sawfish rostrum)
Seaweed
Barnacle (Barnacle)
Glass case with seaweed, seashells, and sea urchins (shell, sea)
Wooden box containing cotton seeds (Cotton seeds)
Packets of Thames estuary silt (Silt)
Seabird eggs in case (Bird's egg)
Decorated ostrich egg (Ostrich egg)
Conch shell (Conch shell)
Conch shell (Conch shell)
Two barnacle shells in a glazed wooden case (Barnacle)
bone, walrus
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