'The Gerbua' [Greater Egyptian jerboa] Scriptwriter Grand Union Canal lock keeper

Grand Union Canal lock keeper

two-way official speed record of 407 mph

Left to right: Dave Edmunds

Chancellor of England

'The Gerbua' [Greater Egyptian jerboa] Scriptwriter Grand Union Canal lock keeperZoological 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,