Bibliography Record
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Williams, J. H.
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In quest of a mermaid.
London, Rupert Hart-Davis: 1-199. Illus.
–Recalls meeting, in 1916, a policeman who was detailed to prevent Arab fishermen in the Persian Gulf from taking dugongs to sea for use as indicators of approaching storms (their method is not explained). Also recounts a dugong sighting in the North Andaman Islands in 1929 (9-12).
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Related Index Records (3)
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Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
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Williams, J.H. (Persian Gulf & North Andaman Is.; 9-12.) |
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Indian Ocean
(SEE ALSO: Africa; Asia; Australia; East Indies; India; Madagascar; Red Sea; Sri Lanka)
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Williams, J.H. (DD; Persian Gulf & North Andaman Is.; 9-12.) |
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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
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Williams, J.H. (DD; Persian Gulf; thought to foretell storms; 9.) |
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