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FLYING FISH. 
guillemots wliicli floated on the surface, or dived 
beneath the waves. We observed, also, with 
interest, the movements of a few divers which Avere 
disporting themselves about the ship. We occa- 
sionally diverted the monotony of the voyage by 
fishing for gi'ey gurnards, several of which we 
captured with a hook and line astern. This noA^el 
sport Avas both exciting and successful. 
As Ave approached the anchorage off Funchal a 
fcAv flying-fish Avere seen springing from the Avater, 
although, as a rule, they are seldom met Avith before 
the tropics are reached.- They become more and 
more numerous as Ave approach the Equator ; and 
familiar as is the sight of these beautiful creatures 
to all AAdio traverse the ocean, their flight is in- 
variably Avatched Avith interest. 
From the time of Columbus, Magellan, De Gama, 
and other “ Ai’gonauts of the fifteenth and sixteenth 
centuries,” to the present day, Avhen the splendid 
steamers of the Cunard and Inman lines cross the 
broad bosom of the Atlantic, and “ think nothing of 
it,” the same incidents have occurred, and the same 
