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Hsh ; it, is siirprisins; how niany diffrrtnit o|nTii(nis 

 have been formed on IIr- suli juct of this iish ; f^ninc 

 considering it seeks the air for sport or pjistiiuo, 

 wliii&t 0*^1^ xegatd it m only takiug flight 

 wli€ii laamied^ txki ibid deod^itsi eidilexiGe to 

 hr ; i continiiod series of troubles and persecutions, 

 B<jt\vi'i?n such opposite, opinions, we can only form 

 our judgnieut from actual observation, and there 

 h 4sam&Aimi(^ m^imt any doubt resting 

 upon lt | ^t1^6 l»tpp6^ 



exerdsed against tliem has not diminislied their 

 mnnhers, forthevareoljscrvedin as largre ^'flocks" 

 at the present day, as navigators have rehited 

 of them former days ; tliey must also have 

 liad a tong tjessatloa dP hoelaiitica from the 

 time of birtli, to eiiahle them to arrive at ma- 

 turity. To say that these fisli undero-o per- 

 seeutiou more than any other living animals 

 of tlie ei'eatioji, h absurd, for we may observe 

 the same principle throughout &0 wJbtCie l3ie 

 animated kingdom, ^Miiat^ 



On arriving in tropical regions, tliis curious 

 fish is seen, and affords some variety to the tedium 

 of a ship ; tlie passengers amusing themselves by 

 liv-atching its flighty and sometimes its persecu- 

 tion/^ -rnhm pivmsd It^ boniti^s^ doIpMn^, 

 all>icores, among the finny, and troj)ie birds, 

 boobiesj gannets* &c, sutaong the feathered tribe* 



