FISHING THE PACIFIC 



of Iquique, and of these fleets you will probably never sight 

 more than eight or ten boats in a single day. This number 

 contrasts sharply with the hundreds of craft you see in a day's 

 fishing off Louisburg, Nova Scotia. 



GASTRONOMIC NOTE 



The swordfish off Chile are exactly the same as those 

 caught off Peru and in all the other oceans of the world. Both 

 the white- and the pink-meated fish are there; the latter— con- 

 sidered better eating— predominate. 



EDITORIAL NOTE 



A pulpit or harpooning stand has never been seen in Chile. 

 If any foreigner ever went down there and attempted to 

 harpoon swordfish or marhn for sport I'm sure he'd be run 

 out of the country in very short order. 



From Punta Arenas to Arica, Chile is tops and the Palm 

 Beach of Chile, Iquique, is as fine and attractive a city as you 

 can find anywhere. No place will offer you a better reception 

 or more appreciation from the mayor right down to the com- 

 mercial fishermen who will aid you in every way to take fish. 



The Iquique people are very proud that this fabulous fish- 

 ing has been developed off their shores. The first night I 

 arrived I was met by a delegation numbering thirty-seven 

 citizens at their charming little airport. Don't fail to go south 

 to Santiago. You will never see a more beautiful inland me- 

 tropolis with the high Cordilleras as a backdrop and two 

 majestic mountains towering within the city itself. And as I 



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