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Pelorus Jack : the white dolphin of French Pass, New Zealand : with Maori legends
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Pelorus Jack : the white dolphin of French Pass, New Zealand : with Maori legends

Author: James Cowan
Publisher: Christchurch, N.Z. : Whitcombe & Tombs, [1912]
Series: Dainty booklet series, 14.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Traces the life of the albino dolphin who so faithfully guided every ship through the Cook Strait for twenty-four years that the New Zealand government passed a special law to protect him.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Cowan
OCLC Number: 154490419
Notes: Includes an extract from New Zealand Gazette, 4th May, 1911, about extending close season for fish known as Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
Whitcombe & Tombs job no. G22558.
Description: 47 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Series Title: Dainty booklet series, 14.
Responsibility: by James Cowan.

Abstract:

Traces the life of the albino dolphin who so faithfully guided every ship through the Cook Strait for twenty-four years that the New Zealand government passed a special law to protect him.

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