FLYING FISH. 
Near the tail, it has a narrow fin on it's backj 
and another on it's under side, of an ash-colour.; L], 
The tail is ash-coloured, and forked: the lowef|ti, 
part of the fork much the longest ; which others! 
have not observed, though I have found it so 
in all I have examined." 
This fish is caught in the Mediterranean,! 
and in some other seas. It is most common 
between the tropics; and there it's enemies arp 
more particularly numerous. In these climates, 
the Flying Fish spring out of the water by 
hundreds, to escape the rapacity of the Dol- 
phins, Sharks, &:c. 
<* Of all others," says Goldsmith, the 
Flying Fish most abounds in these seas ; and^ 
as it is a small animal, seldom growing above 
the size of a Herring, it is chiefly sought by 
the Dorado. Nature has furnished each, re- 
spe6i:ively, with the powers of pursuit and 
evasion. The Dorado, being above six feet 
long, yet not thicker than a Salmon, and fur- 
nished with a full complement of fins, cuts it's 
way through the water with amazing rapidity : 
on the other hand, the Flying Fish is furnished 
with 
