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brought to that obedience, that whatever they 

 seize is for their master : but here it is otherwise : 

 for the game is for him that seizeth it; The dol- 

 phins and bonitoes are the houndes, and the 

 alcatraces the hawkes, and the flying fishes the 

 game ; whose wonderful! making magnifieth the 

 Creator, who for their safetie and helpe, hath given 

 them extraordinary manner of fynnes, which serve 

 in stead of wings, like those of the batt or rere- 

 mouse ; of such a delicate skinne, interlaced with 

 small bones so curiously, as may well cause ad- 

 miration in the beholders. They are like unto 

 pilchards in colour, and making ; saving that they 

 are somewhat rounder, and (for the most part) 

 bigger. They flie best with a side wind, but 

 longer then their wings be wett they cannot sus- 

 taine the waight of their bodies ; and so the 

 greatest flight that I have scene them make, hath 

 not beene above a quarter of a myle. They 

 commonly goe in scoles, and serve for food for the 

 greater fishes, or for the foules. The dolphins and 

 bonitos doe continually hunt after them, and the 

 alcatraces lye soaring in the ayre, to see when 

 they spring, or take their flight ; and ordinarily, he 

 that escapeth the mouth of the dolphin or bonito, 

 helping himselfe by his wings, falleth prisoner into 

 the hands of the alcatrace, and helpeth to fill his 



gorge. 



J. Hawkins. 



