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x Sinclair, W. F.
  1897
The dugong.
Nature (London) 57(1470): 198. Dec. 30, 1897.
–Letter to the editor. Suggests that a description of "seal" flesh in the Christian Topography of Cosmas of Alexandria, a 6th-century Egyptian monk (London, Hakluyt Society, 1897), probably pertained to the dugong. Also mentions the sale in London of "potted dugong" from Queensland.

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x  1897Sinclair, W.F. (DD; meat sold in London; m198.)
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x  1897Sinclair, W.F. (meat; m198.)
Historical Notes
x  1897Sinclair, W.F. (DD; possible mention by Cosmas of Alexandria [6th century A.D.]; 198.)