Madam How and Lady Why, or, First lessons in earth lore for children . henfou are tempted to rob birds nests, or to set thedogs on a moorhen, or pelt wrens in the hedgethink ; and say—How should I like that to be doneto me? I know : but what are all the birds doing ? Look at the water, how it sparkles. It is alivewith tiny fish, fry, brett as we call them in theWest, which the mackerel are driving up to the top. Poor little things ! How hard on them ! the bigfish at them from below, and the birds at themfrom above. And what is that ? Thousands of fishleaping out of the water, scrambling over e
Madam How and Lady Why, or, First lessons in earth lore for children . henfou are tempted to rob birds nests, or to set thedogs on a moorhen, or pelt wrens in the hedgethink ; and say—How should I like that to be doneto me? I know : but what are all the birds doing ? Look at the water, how it sparkles. It is alivewith tiny fish, fry, brett as we call them in theWest, which the mackerel are driving up to the top. Poor little things ! How hard on them ! the bigfish at them from below, and the birds at themfrom above. And what is that ? Thousands of fishleaping out of the water, scrambling over each othersbacks ! What a curious soft rushing roaring noisethey make! Aha! The eaters are going to be eaten in are the mackerel themselves; and I suspectthey see Mr. Whale, and are scrambling out ofthe--way as fast as they can, lest he should swallowthem down, a dozen at a time. Look out sharp forhim now. I hope he will not come very near. No. The fish are going from us and past us. Ifhe comes up, he will come up astern of us, so lookback. There he is 1. SSA-l>SKliS AND yiSJStS. HOMEWARD BOUND. 289 That? I thought it was a boat He does look very like a boat upside down. Butthat is only his head and shoulders. He will blownext. Hoch! Oh! What a jet of spray, like the Geysers! Andthe sun made a rainbow on the top of it. He isquite still now. Yesj he is taking a long breath or two. Youneed not hold my hand so tight. His head is fromus ; and when he goes down, he will go right away. Oh, he is turning head over heels ! There is his back fin again. And Ah ! was not that a slap ! How the water boiled and foamed; and what a tailhe had ! And how the mackerel flew out of thewater! Yes. You are a lucky boy to have seen that. Ihave not seen one of those gentlemen show his flukes, as they call them, since I was a boy on theCornish coast. Where is he gone ? Hunting mackerel, away out at sea. But did younotice something odd about his tail, as you call it—though it is really
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