158 THE CALL OF THE SEA 



(From A Voyage to the East Indies ; Hakluyt Soc, 

 trans. ) 



A BOUT that Hand and the Hand of Saint 

 Helena, unto the Equinoctiall line, there 

 are flying Fishes, as great as Herings, which flie 

 by great flockes together, two or three Fadome 

 above the water, and flie in that manner at the 

 least a quarter of a mile, untill their wings or 

 finnes be drie, and then they can flie no longer, 

 but fall into the water, and there wet themselves, 

 and then flie againe above the water. The cause 

 why they flie in that sort is, because they are 

 chased by the great fishes, that eate them, and to 

 escape from them, they flie above the water, and 

 some times into the shippes : for many of them 

 fell into our ship, which flew too high, for when 

 their wings are drie they must needes fall. 



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Mystery of the Ocean ^vi^ ^o 



(From The Pirate) 



'X'HE ocean also had its mysteries, the effect of 

 which was aided by the dim twilight, through 

 which it was imperfectly seen for more than half 

 the year. Its bottomless depths and secret caves 

 contained, according to the account of Sweyn and 



