Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Hunt, Archibald E. | ||
| 1899 | Ethnographical notes on the Murray Islands, Torres Straits. Jour. Anthrop. Inst. Great Britain & Ireland 28: 5-19. Read Feb. 22, 1898. –Pp. 12-13: {"The vegetable food of the island [Mer] included cocoanuts, yams (several varieties), sweet potatoes, bananas, sugar cane, and several indigenous fruits. Pigs, birds, [13] fish, dugong, shell-fish, turtle, crustacea, &c.;, are also eaten."} | ||
Related Index Records
3 related index terms
Australia
| x | 1899 | Hunt, A.E. (DD; Torres Strait; used as food; m13.) |
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
| x | v | 1899 | Hunt, A.E. (Torres Strait; used as food; m13.) |
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
| x | 1899 | Hunt, A.E. (DD; Torres Strait; meat; m13.) |