"Windward islands" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... indeed to reconcile with the orthodox belief that they are not flying at all, but only jumping. I don't know whether the flying gurnards are good eating or not; but the silvery flying fish are caught for market (sad desecration of the poetry of nature!) in the Windward Islands, and when nicely fried in egg and bread-crumb are really quite as good for practical purposes as smelts or whiting or any ...
— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen |
