... of white foam-flakes across the distant trough of a wave was pronounced to be flying fish. ... I have been reading Edward Hale's monograph, and Mrs. Dabney has been giving information respecting Fayal , delighting Mary's fancy with thoughts of nuns' delicacies, such as kitten's paws, angel's crops, royal eggs, and golden straws, and terrifying her, on the other hand, with fears of boys, dogs, and c...