Two hand-drawn drawings, pencil on light paper, of marine animal, observed by Captain Stephen Palmer Blake at sea, with hand-written text about each. Two small pieces of paper (each: 6 1/8" x 4 1/2"), taped together on back (document size: 6 1/8" x 6 7/8"), with one drawing and text on each. Hand-written text with top drawing: "Saw great numbers of little animals like this sketch, floating on the water, & with a small net picked up a dozen more. Aug 13th 1867, Lat 37° - 13' North, Long 37° - 28' West." Hand-written text with bottom drawing: "Sketch of a small animal taken at sea floating on the water, Aug 13th 1867. Lat 37° - 13' North, Long 37° - 28' West. I had in one dish 8 different kinds of animals some & in fact all I had seen before, but this kind." Bottom drawing and text appear in book, "The Life of Captain Stephen Palmer Blake from his journals," p. 407.