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x Edwards, Bryan
  1801
The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies. Third edition, with considerable additions.
London, John Stockdale (3 vols.): Vol. 1: xxiv + xxiii + 576. Frontisp. 6 pls. 9 maps.
–Ed. 1, 1793, 2 vols. (= vols. 1-2 of this ed.?). Ed. 5, 1818-19, 5 vols. Describes the manatee and states that Indians in the West Indies used to catch it (as they caught fish and turtles) with remoras fastened to lines (1: 127).

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Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1801Edwards, B. (TMM; West Indies; remoras; 1: 127.)
Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758, Hatt, 1934
xv 1801Edwards, B. (West Indies; 1: 127.)
West Indies
(SEE ALSO: Caribbean Sea; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico)
x  1801Edwards, B. (TMM; 1: 127.)