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ers, in front of the canoe, and ultimately landed (in its 

 terror) on the beach about 600 yards away, where the 

 fishermen saw it and captured it still alive, a few minutes 

 afterwards. It frequents the deep ocean alone, and is 

 believed by the natives to be be the ' Makua ' source 

 from which sprang in after ages the Bonito and Albicore. 

 In its habits it is like them, and is only seen in shallow 

 water when in flight from its natural enemies, the shark, 

 sword-fish, etc., and as they when fleeing from their 

 enemies rise as near the surface of the water as they can 

 and seek the shelter and protection of some floating ob- 

 ject such as a log, a ship's hull, or the like, so doubtless 

 in this case the Apahu was seeking the refuge of the 

 canoe's side when it was first seen. I have discovered 

 by inquiry from the native Hawaiians, that all three 

 species of fish when driven into shallow water seem to 

 be dazed and lose control of themselves, and ultimately 

 are forced on the beach by the action of the waves. One 

 other specimen of the ' Apahu,' the second besides the 

 one I sent to the University, was cast up on the beach at 

 Waikiki, near the residence of Edmund Hart. The find- 

 ers cooked it and ate it. They said it was very fine eat- 

 ing. These are the only two specimens seen here in 

 ages. It is a very rapid swimmer quite as swift or swifter 

 probably than the dolphin. When it was struck, it disap- 

 peared like a flash of lightning and the fishermen did not 

 expect to see it again. It was on account of this property 

 of remarkable speed which it possessed that I recommend 

 in my original communication to Prof. Jordan, that the 

 «.ttention of prominent yacht builders be called to its 

 lines in the hope that they might find something of use 

 therefrom.*' 



Since the above was written Rev. E. B. Tuthill has 

 sent to Dr. Jordan for examination a number of drawings 



