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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 surface of a stream and instead of a good man's jump some can go a long distance One of the largest I saw skimmed 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