Raffles, Thomas Stamford

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Raffles, Thomas Stamford (detail)
1820Some account of the dugong.
Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London 110(2)(13): 174-182. 1 tab. Read May 18, 1820.
—Allen 593. ?Extract: Philos. Mag. 57: 341-346, 1821 (Allen 607). German transl.: Froriep's Notizen 1(8): 113-117, Sept. 1821 (Allen 608). Rev.: Ann. Philos. 16: 52-53. Describes the gross anatomy (external and internal), habits, and hunting of the dugong at Singapore and native customs connected with it. Includes a table of measurements of one specimen (181-182). An afterword by Everard Home (182) notes that Raffles' communication was accompanied by an account of the dugong stomach in French, forming part of a memoir by Diard and Duvaucel, two French naturalists employed by Raffles (see Diard & Duvaucel, 1820). This account of the stomach was not published.
Raffles, Thomas Stamford (detail)
1821Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of those countries.
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13(1)(17): 239-274.
—Allen 606. Contains five lines on "Halicora Dugong" (272).
Raffles, Thomas Stamford (detail)
1835Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. New ed.
London, James Duncan: 2 vols.
—A letter from Raffles to Mr. W. Marsden dated Nov. 30, 1822, mentions his having caught six dugongs, measuring up to 9'2", since arriving in Singapore on Oct. 11.