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support fnr ;i -iifirt period, mu\ thvu \f< repeated 

 fliglils art' merely aiiotlirr tcriti i'or Ic;!]).^. Tlic 

 fish liuike a rustling noise, very mulible -vvlien 

 they are nmt tlwa «liip, dart feans^atd, df s6i(&^ 

 times take a curve to bring themselves before 

 tlie wiiul, and wlieii Gitiii'ued fall smidonlv into 

 tin' wati-r. It is not inicomnion to sec them, 

 when pnr^m'd, drop exliaustedj rise aguin almost 

 i^tstacntly, proceet^Ktfle ftirlliar, ftgain; dipping 

 intot l^ie ^esm^ m eonfinuin^ for ^stance 

 imtil they are of sight, so that ire ys^aitt 

 in ignorance whether they hare been CBptured 

 or have eluded pursuit. 



The %ing-&h^wte k«lk^b^ for m ©ne day 

 iikey s^^Bt rhm^ aihoiit, iutd inthe'ricmity 



of the ship, in great nnndters; and on thc^ day 

 following, or latter part of the same day, only a 

 few stragglers are seen. When disturbed by 

 the passage ot iibe j$hip tht^gh &e djtoal> they 

 rise in numbers near the bows <>f the sBipi, and 

 the consternation seems to spread amtnig those 

 far distant : tin." same may be ol)served wlicn 

 dolphins and albicores are pursuing them. On 

 pasang between the islanjfe trf Fuego and St* 

 Jagot, (Ga^ Verd group,) Je Beeember, 18S28, 

 I witn('s.-(^d a number of bonito in pursuit of 

 flying-fish ; the former springing' several vards 

 out of the water, in eager chase, wliilsl large 



