SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



The island belongs to the United States 

 government and is leased as a sheep-ranch. 

 It supports some fifteen thousand sheep and 

 wild goats which feast upon the wild oats 

 and use the caves for shelters. The only 

 inhabitants are the sheep herders and Pete 

 Schneider, a Belgian, who runs the camp at 

 Mosquito Harbour where we were bound. 



We reached the island about four hours 

 after leaving Avalon, having seen but little 

 sea-life on the way — only a few sunfish 

 jumping here and there and a school or two 

 of porpoises. 



We found the camp a very simple one 

 but clean and the food very good. We slept 

 under canvas, washed and shaved out of 

 doors, and took our meals in a wooden shack. 



The island is about eighteen miles long 

 and has great majestic beauty of outline. 

 The waters that surround it have been cele- 

 brated for fishing. Tuna, yellowtail, white 

 sea-bass, black sea-bass, and marlin are to 

 be found in plenty at the right seasons. 

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