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southeast. The birds here are the main attraction, but some shore collect- 

 ing and dredging in shallow water and rock in both north and south bays 

 have been done. 



For more than 100 miles in a south-southeasterly trend, from Eten 

 Head to Huanape Hill, the coast line might be described as wavy, as 

 there are no prominent points and no deep recessions. The coast is low, 

 mostly with a sand beach, but this is occasionally broken by sand cliffs. 



Six miles west of south from the point that projects from Huanape 

 Hill are the Huanape Islands, two of them, with some outlying islets and 

 rocks. The islands are small but are high and rocky. Some collections have 

 been made along the rocky shore by making use of a skiff. 



With the exception of 30 miles of coast, 45 miles from Huanape 

 Hill, where there are several definite indentations, separated by project- 

 ing points, the coast south of Huanape Hill, for 135 miles, to Salinas 

 Promontory is much the same in nature and trend as that north of the 

 Hill. Salinas Promontory projects directly westward. It is 6 miles wide 

 at the face, between Bajas Point to the north and Salinas Point to the 

 west. Eastward of Bajas Point is the fair-sized Salinas Bay. Huara 

 Islands, a chain of small islets, lie 14 miles to the southwest. 



From Salinas Point there is a 53-mile sweep of the coast, southwest- 

 ward, southward, and finally westward to Callao Point, off which is the 

 island, San Lorenzo, which forms the southwest boundary of Callao Bay, 

 the entrance of which extends 11 miles from Cape San Lorenzo, the 

 northern tip of the island, to Bernal Point on the mainland to the north- 

 east. 



Callao, the principal Peruvian port, 8 miles from Lima, the capital 

 city, is situated at the head of the bay, facing the northwest. 



Callao Point projects a mile or so from the mainland; it is narrow, 

 and the connection with the mainland is but 200 yards wide. From the 

 point a shoal, Camotal Bank, extends westward for 1% miles, narrowing 

 the real channel between the Bank and San Lorenzo Island, the Bo- 

 queron, to little more than half a mile. From the east shore of the bay, 

 just north of Callao, at the mouth of the River Rimac, is another large 

 bank, extending a mile seaward. Except for these banks the bay is free of 

 dangers. 



San Lorenzo Island, 4% miles long, northwest to southeast, and 1 

 mile wide, with 1,220 feet as the greatest elevation, is separated from 

 Callao Point by the Boqueron. There are several islands, islets, and rocks 

 offshore, particularly off the south end. The largest of these is Fronton 



