FLYING FISH. 
with two pair of fins longer than the body ; and 
these, also, moved by a stronger set of muscles 
than any other. The Dorado is seen^ on this 
occasion, darting after it's prey; which will 
not leave the water, while it has the advantage 
of swimming, in the beginning of the chace : 
but, like a hunted Hare, being tired at last, it 
I then has recourse to another expedient for 
safety, by flight. The long fins, which began 
to grow useless in the water, are now exerted 
ii5 a difi'erent manner, and different diredtion, 
to that in which they were employed in swim- 
ming: by this means, the timid little animal 
rises from the water, and flutters over it's sur- 
face, for two or three hundred yards ; till the 
muscles, employed in moving the wings, are 
enfeebled by that particular manner of exertion. ' 
By this time, however, they have acquired a 
fresh power of renewing their cfix)rts in the 
water, and the animal is capable of proceeding 
with some velocity by swimming: still, how- 
ever, the a£live enemy keeps it in view, and 
drives it again from the deep ; till, at length, 
the poor little creature is seen to dart to shorter 
distances; to flutter with greater efix)rt; and 
to drop down, at last, into the mouth of it's 
fierce 
