I have been requested to write a short paper on the flight of the flying fish and the lessons which this act may afford in the steering and management of an aëroplane in flight.

As yet we are still striving to attain success in aërial flight by means of a machine heavier than air. Many remarkable flights have been recorded quite recently, and the art of aviation has advanced during the past few months by leaps and bounds. It now appears clear that under favourable conditions, still air, or with but a moderate wind and an open course, an aëroplane may be constructed, or soon will be, which can remain in the air as long as the motive power which drives the propeller is maintained, or practically as long as the supply of petrol capable of being carried holds out.