. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. KmmmmKmmmmrwmfmmmtmm 432 NATURAL UISTORY. ExocffiTUS.â(Or. 'EfftSicoiTos, Bleeping out [of the sea].)'. Volitans { flying), the the watch, and pounce on the Flying-fish from above, so that the persecuted creatures are tolerably sure to foil a prey to one or the other of their foes. Tiie UHual height of flight is about two or three feet above the surface of the water, but it has frequently been known to exceed fomteen feet, and in one instance a Flying-fish came skimming into tl\e ports of
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. KmmmmKmmmmrwmfmmmtmm 432 NATURAL UISTORY. ExocffiTUS.â(Or. 'EfftSicoiTos, Bleeping out [of the sea].)'. Volitans { flying), the the watch, and pounce on the Flying-fish from above, so that the persecuted creatures are tolerably sure to foil a prey to one or the other of their foes. Tiie UHual height of flight is about two or three feet above the surface of the water, but it has frequently been known to exceed fomteen feet, and in one instance a Flying-fish came skimming into tl\e ports of a large man-of-wai-, nearly twenty feet above the water. The size of the fish is about the siune as that o. a herring. Sailoi-s are always glad to capture it, as its llosli proves an agreeable change from the eternal salt junk, by which the power of the sailor's teetli is woefully tried. The food of this fish is molluscs and small fishes. THK SALMON. llie Salmon is a migratoiy fish, annually leaving the sea, its proper residence, and proceeding for many milr, up rivers ibr the purpose of deijositing its spawn. This > aty having * Tlie ancients believed that this and other fishes slept on the beach. â "''Tn'^^'TfirT^^fTfr'mrfWifif^^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : G. Routledge
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