boneta

The boneta hunt the flying-fish in a fairer way, and they do look so pretty when they jump out of the water!

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887

Look, now, at that lot there that have just risen to escape the boneta.

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887

"The boneta seems to be their inveterate enemy, or rather consumer, as he appears to be in good condition on the diet.

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887

The bird hunts them as soon as they rise in the air, and the boneta when they're in the water; so, between the two, they have little chance of escape -- just like the fight, the other day, between the black-fish on the one side and the thresher and sword-fish on the other. "

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887

How disappointed the boneta must then feel when they see them take unto themselves wings and fly away? "

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887