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emcpheat at Oct 30, 2019 04:33 AM

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The theory that these creatures do not fly but
take a succession of jumps has had to
disappear down the throat of the flying fish
True some just take a leap out of the water
and then drop again You might as well
say because you saw two or three
horses walking that they all walked
and could not gallop. But some of them
can fly & you may see them rise and
skim along over the water something
like a swallow darting along the sur-
face of a stream and instead of a
good man's jump some can go a long
distance One of the largest I saw ski
mmed a distance of from 50 to 80 yards
perhaps more of the distance on water
is deceitful & if that is called a jump
I must give in I have not seen any
porpoises or dolphins after them as
yet the invariable accompaniments

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