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to ^priiio' frniii it. i\ml 'Make Hifilit how- 

 I round ii was too late, lor after flontiiio- 

 nJiout with its loug pectoral <iiis luilt" cxpandei!, 



as it reihanned W9t fte Mtfoce of tbe^atiert. it 

 eontinued alive fer aJbout i^if^«pEtee of & iHmute, 



and tln'ii died. Tliey usually, Irmn tlio violence 

 Willi \vlii(*h tliev come on board, reerive some, 

 injury against tlie spars, boats, or chains, suffi- 

 cietit to destroy them; md the^fijre itwiU be 

 difficult to obseipv^ ihdt iam ac^<m m when 

 performed in ftill vigour in their native element* 

 This specimen measured nine inches in length, 

 \\ hat excited my attention in this fish was 

 a spe(^^ of M^l^ii $^Wemhed by its peduil^^ 

 to the thorax. I r^gaartdl as a visty wa.mw^ 

 circumstance, the existence of an anatifa at- 

 tached to a livino' animal, pai'tieularly one of 

 such rapidity of motion as this iish is usually sup- 

 posed tol^, Tkeliue%ktat^Mc!iiMiilt0h^m 

 on board tmli BOl liaise leas than fonrteen 

 feet from the surface of the waterj and on the 

 windward side of the vesseL 



The ** flight" of these hsh has been compared 

 tQ that of birds, so as to deceive the observer ; 

 howev^*, 1 canaol pero&iv^e any <5MtpaTia5nj <3fm 

 being an elegant, fearless, and independent 

 motion, whilst that of the fi>h is hurried, stiff, 

 and awkward, more like a creature requiring 



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