!['The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎737] (837/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0839.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎737] (837/905)")
'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [737] (837/905)
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APPENDIX.
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D escription, by D r . H elfer, of a particular species of Turtle caught in the
Euphrates.
Classis— Reptilia.
Familia— Chelonii.
Divisio— Molles.
Genus-— Trionyx (GeofFroy).
Absque squamis et integumentis duris, cute molle partes duras skeleti tegente.
Partes laterales declives molles.
Pedes palmati vix elongati, tribus digitis ungulatis.
Nasus prolongatus probosciformis.
Cauda mediocris vix retractilis.
Ani foramen apertum.
Specific Description.
Flat, the hard skeleton prominent forward, with a declivity towards the
back, and a slight carina in the middle, with bulky membranaceous lobes on
the sides ; more conspicuous behind.
Head and neck perfectly retractile, feet partly so, tail not at all, but
entirely covered by the lobes.
Skin bright, shining on the back, and smooth and plain ; but towards the
sides and behind wrinkled, much more so on the head, neck, and feet; the
under sides much plainer everywhere.
Upwards, of a green-olive colour, with large, irregular greenish-black
spots, six of which on the lobes behind assume a regular triangular form,
besides others dispersed in an irregular manner, like small rice grains. The
under side is everywhere of a pale yellowish, or roseate-reddish colour, whiter
towards the extremities, with elevated spots, but especially on the extremities,
resembling an exantheme {morhilli) in collateral ranges. On the side of the
sternum a blue transversal stripe.
It is 25 inches long, without the covered tail; 14 inches broad at two-thir
parts towards the back, where it is largest, including the pendant lobes.
The head, beginning from the neck to the end of the nose, is 4 inches long,
pyramidal in shape, and ending in a small proboscis; flat upwards, behind
the eyes ; in the middle, a protuberance, obsolete; between the eyes carina,
obsolete, broadest near the neck. ,
Nose ( probosciformis) 9 inches long, and on the upper lip 5 lines broad.
Mouth wide, open with two pendant and rather small lobes on the sides.
The upper jaw covers the under side. . , il .
Lips corneous, biu-e, and of a li«ht yellow eolour, endmg m both jaws,
which are substituted for teeth ; they are very strong, and well adapted for
organs of mastication. The under lip is considerably shorter.
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Chesney, Francis Rawdon
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