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I Ii;iv«' fV(M|ii('Tifly (U'l-ivrd Imtli information and 

 anniscnk iit. Iiy \vatrliiTif>' tlir flio'lit of these fisli ; 

 to observe them skim the surfiice of the water 



f@r a grabidjfi^^imj sometimes befote^^ at 



elevating tli em selves either to a short heigllt 

 from the surfaee, or to five or six feet, and then, 

 divergiug a little from their coursej drop sud- 

 denly nito tlidr proper eleiQimf ; idoiiii^Mxji^ 



and it blew IW6sli, they wonld meet with an 

 elevated wave, which invariably bnried them 

 beneath it, but they would often again start 

 from it and renew their flight. 



I hsm T&me^ hem abte ^ «ee mf feams' 

 sion of the pectoral fins din ing Hight^ ^I^Oiigh 

 such a high authority as Cn\ier says^ the 

 animal heats the air dnriiif^ the leap, that is, it 

 alternately expands and closes its pectoral fins;''' 



ssljs iSbm. ii Mg^ ^th bis experianee; lie to 



repeatedly seen the motion of the fins during 

 flight, and as flio-ht is only swimming in air/' 

 it appears natural that those organs should be 

 xmi in tbe ^m^ manner in both elements, 

 Bnt the striietn]*^ of & &i U not t&al & iirfnf ; 

 the pectoral fins or wings of the flying fisli are 

 $imply enlarg;ed fiuji, capable of supporting, 



