1783 British Notebook, Partial, with Ships, Fish, Geometry, etc. horsehair slightly wonky face appear to

slightly wonky face appear to be stained or painted very dark brown or black while the rest is a warm

and with a little research I've identified the signers as a couple from Worchester

though I think likely it is at least a bit older than that

changing just about right down the middle of the back

And as the shape of the point pretty much exactly echoes the cutout of the tail

1783 British Notebook, Partial, with Ships, Fish, Geometry, etc. horsehair slightly wonky face appear toJust a handful of pages here, but a few wonderful drawings among them, as well as some text, including a passage (with lovely watercolor diagram) titled "Of Twilight and the Uses of the Air with regard to Light," a couple of pages relating to constellations, and a few pages of calculations with some pretty geometric doodlings. One full page ink drawing shows British naval ships bombarding the island of Goree (on the West Coast of Africa, a strategic