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Stuart, H. Villiers
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Adventures amidst the equatorial forests and rivers of South America; also in the West Indies and the wilds of Florida. To which is added "Jamaica Revisited."
London, John Murray: xxi + 268.
–P. 137: {"After leaving Jupiter Inlet [Florida] we sailed some miles up St. Lucie River and saw a manatee and her calf feeding among the water weeds.
"We were informed that the hunters forward the flesh of this creature in refrigerator trucks to New York, where it is sold as prime beef; the carcase often weighs 1000 pounds."}
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Related Index Records (4)
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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
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Stuart, H.V. (TML; Florida; meat sold as beef in New York; 137.) |
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Florida
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Stuart, H.V. (TML; sold as beef; 137.) |
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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)
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Stuart, H.V. (TML; sold as beef in New York; 137.) |
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Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
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Stuart, H.V. (meat sold as beef; 137.) |
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