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I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to transmit herewith a copy of a letter from the commanding officer of H.M.S. Crocodile, giving an account of some marine animals met with en route to the Cape, which may be of some interest to the readers of NATURE.
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HALL, R., DOUGHTY, F. An Account of some Marine Animals met with en route to the Cape September 21, 22. Nature 21, 32 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/021032a0
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