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FISHES I HAVE KNOWN 



of the Equator flying-fish are larger than those 

 north of it, but their extreme length is not more 

 than eighteen inches. In appearance they resemble 

 herrings, and, like them, are excellent fried. Their 

 colour is generally brown and blue above, orange 



PI LOT-FISH. 



at the end of fins and tail, and their wings a deep 

 blue. 



In my description of shark-fishing I mentioned 

 that the doctor, looking over the stern, discovered 

 three or four pilot-fish playing about close to the 

 rudder. They are beautiful little objects, nine 

 inches long, the size and shape of small mackerel, 

 to which tribe, the scombertdtz, they belong. 



