'The Gerbua' [Greater Egyptian jerboa] field marshal View of the parish clerk's

View of the parish clerk's hall

and figures watch from the waterside as firemen direct at hose at the flames

From the endpapers of Cocordatia astronomie cu theologia

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Punch disapproved generally of women moving into traditional male professions

'The Gerbua' [Greater Egyptian jerboa] field marshal View of the parish clerk'sZoological study of a Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis). The desert rodent is shown against a landscape of pyramids and antiquities. Behind are two other jerboas, one in the act of jumping, the other eating an ear of grain. Plate 219 from chapter 9 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is variously inscribed,