Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| Martin, E. | |||
| 1930 | A journal of a slave dealer - Nicholas Owen. A view of some remarkable axcedents in the life of Nics. Owen on the coast of Africa and America from the year 1746 to the year 1757. London, George Routledge & Sons. –While living near Bonthe, Sierra Leone, Owen recorded that "3 or 4 days past there has been a great take of manatee or sea cow in our river, a creature of a very ugly form but good eating, about the size of a cow but rather resembles hog in all but its tail and want of feet. It's monstrous fat, having a skin an inch thick." | ||
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(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
| 1930 | Martin, E. (TS; Sierra Leone) |