2.-50 7'liirli/-sl.iili Aniniid Mc'llin/ 



Fislicii/. 'I'lu' lislici'ics of l\'Y\\ ari' capnhlc of yrcntcr de- 

 velopment. 'Vhv markets of tlie coast are supplied with some ex- 

 cellent fresh lish hut not to the deiiree. as reuards iiuiid)ei' and 

 \ariety of hsh. to which they may he. The fish of Peruvian 

 waters, in sailed condition are appreciated hy the inhahitants 

 of IV'ru and nei,ii:hhoi-in,u- countries, hut the salting- industry is 



Shipping guano from BaMestas— height 200-.^00 feet. (Middle island). May, 1*7 



at ]n*esent on a most unsatisfactory basis and of an importance 

 far below its possibility. 



Some of the methods in use are of interest. The cavallitos or 

 "pony" boats are perhaps well known — a small and graceful 

 boat of reeds on which the Indian fisherman rides astride, as on 

 a hobby-horse, using his hook and lines or working his end of the 

 seine — in most picturesque fashion. The balsas or rafts (large 

 and small) of balsa wood are vt-ry servici-ahle and t-xclusively 

 used in some regions. On the larger ones, with big sails spread, 

 the fishermen take their families with them to remain out fish- 

 ing and salting their catch for periods of a number of days. 

 These primitive Init useful types of boat are to a great extent 

 displaced now by more modern fishing boats, esi)ecially ]\Iediter- 

 ranean tyi)es introduced by Italian and Greek fishermen. 



