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* {{quote-book, year=1818, author=J. B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Correard, title=Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=This Cape Merick seems preferrable for commerce, either as a factory, to trade with the Moors, or as a place of protection for the traders, and the fishery. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1901, author=Louis Becke, title="Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Sardines and tinned salmon were luxuries we could not afford, but fresh fish and game were better, and, even when salted, were preferrable to a continuous diet of beef. }}