GUA YMAS , AND ITS HARBOR. 89 
sible person would naturally bathe, as he 
wants enough water to hide his move¬ 
ments from his prey, and this condition 
seldom exists in the inner harbor. In¬ 
deed its name, Guaymas, borrowed from 
that of an Indian tribe, means a cup of 
water; and it is aptly applied, for the 
harbor is so landlocked and protected 
that seldom more than the slightest rip¬ 
ple disturbs its mirror-like surface, al¬ 
though breezes that will waft sailboats 
prevail throughout the day. 
As a further part of my fishing experi¬ 
ence we caught a number of perch-like 
fish called by the people cabrilla (mean¬ 
ing little goat-fish, on account of some 
fancied resemblance to that animal, so 
numerous in the settled parts of Mexico), 
and which is pronounced the sweetest 
fish known on the Pacific coast. They 
