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Flying-fish are beginning to be seen, and during the night the watch above scrambles over the deck in pursuit of those that fall aboard.
Chapter 7 2010
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Flying-fish knelt before the smoldering ashes and fanned briskly with his fins.
Story Hour Readers — Book Three Alice Julia Christie Dillon
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So Fin-fin asked Flying-fish to light the fire once more.
Story Hour Readers — Book Three Alice Julia Christie Dillon
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On our right, low down, was the beautiful Altar; higher up, the Triangle; while on the left were the Sword-fish and the Flying-fish.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder James De Mille
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The Flying-fish which had been taken, were divided and apportioned with scrupulous exactness, and devoured with very little ceremony.
The Island Home Richard Archer
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Flying-fish, keeping their backs toward the cold wind.
Story Hour Readers — Book Three Alice Julia Christie Dillon
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While observing the strange appearance of the sky, and like preparations for a storm which seemed to be going on in the north and west, Morton espied a troop of Flying-fish a hundred yards or so to windward.
The Island Home Richard Archer
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Flying-fish cleaved the air in glittering squadrons.
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Flying-fish, pursued by their enemy the bonito (mackerel), rose from the water in rainbow argosies, and fell sometimes inside the caravels.
Days of the Discoverers L. Lamprey 1910
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Flying-fish are beginning to be seen, and during the night the watch above scrambles over the deck in pursuit of those that fall aboard.
Chapter 7 1904
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