THIS FLYING-FISH. 
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The fcales are of the fame large fixe ; and the fame dark 
green covers the back : the head is deprefTed ; the fnout 
{harp ; the naouth fmall, and dePiitute of teeth. There is 
onlv one dorfal fin, about a fourth of' the fifli’s length from 
the tail. The two peftoral fins, which are the inftvuments 
of flight, are almofl: as long as the body, and fuppqrted 
by fourteen ftrong branchy and jointed rays *. 
The ancients were acquainted with the flying-fifli, and 
gave it the name of fea-lwallow f ; and all the different 
writers have taken notice of its faculty of mounting intb 
the air by means of wings. 
* Willougb. 
f Hirundo Plinii, !. ir. 
Vol. IIT. 
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