Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-07
NATERS OF RU GAN FEED bE WHOLE WORLD
Plentiful; Islands Are .ctuaries for Many
 Birds

Rs 100000 featnefed crea-
 of a single species.
 fisheries of Peru, he said, are
 bized and, although fish are
 l including such edible va
 as the bonito, anchoveta, pc
 or smelt, the congril (some
 Ike a cod), the founder and
 Comparable to the Ameri-
 mon), Peruvains literally "g"
 r because of their scarcity
 gh price inland due to the
 ns of icing and transporta-
 W miles off the coast, the re-
 explorer said, he let down
 Ind drew it out of the sea fill
 h four varieties of the most
 ls edible crabs. These crus-
 he said, would furnish the
 flor big canning industry
 br home and foreign consump
 vast quantities of such sea
 bw being annually imported by
 nited States from Japan.
 "wonderful fish and bird life''
 ru, Mir. Murphy attributed t~
 umboldt current, cold bod
 anic water which flows alonc
 miles of the coast. He mad
 observations of this current
 Id, following those of Alexan- gassiz and Dr. Robert F. Cox
 the United States fish com n. pioneers in such work. Al Peru's proximity to the equa
 said, would cause one to sup. Fhat it might have tempera- like that of Florida. it sactua' rature was more like that Of h. The result of the interest (orrelation between the Hum Ecurrent and the abundance Of end bird life, he said ,he has ed in more than 800 pages e He also brought with him In cases and crates, in many eich are specimens of curious e and feathered creatures.
 Murphy called attention tc |ua4a or fertilizer deposits of h, he said, may be doub- ( ~ conservation methods de by Francisco Ballen, a Peruv- 'ho he described as lone of the tar-sighted and able ccono- in the world" In furtherance :. Ballen's plans, the explorer he advocated increasing the ng area of the guano produc- rds, at present confined to fiji, stands, the largest of which are nMhi and Lobos, and where hpf fertilizer 15O feet in sss have been found.
 value of the guano deposits d, was also due to the actior Humboldt current, the cold from which, blowing over the and, preserved the fertilizing es of the bird lime. MT. Mur whose work was aided by the an government, said the is might be enlarged by dyna-
 the cliffs into the sea. He !!rged the stoppage of guano ing during the "courtship" Of 'ds. The guano, he said, is dug Ives in the interior of the is and carried in small railway o the coast where it is put ships. EXportation of the Ger, he said, was being held account of high ocean freight guano birds were enumerat MT. Murphy as the white ed cormorant, Commercially sio pair in Lima); the peli- Id two species of ganhct. Bv computation of the nests of of these birds per metre or
 the islands he estimated that than 100000 of that one spe lhabited it. MT. Murphy said lcIent lncas and Peru highly the guano birds and penalized 1eath anyone who killed one of the motion picture films he It back, he said. showed the story of the sea birds as well native fisheries and the guano ".
 he period from 184O to 1908. urphy said, many of the bird Allied off and it is only in re- years that efforts have been to conserve this. important re
 ot Peru. President Leguia ther prominent men, he said, { encouraged foreign scientific o o vislt pru for the purpose of alning the best conservation us. A steam trawler and two 'eS We're placed at MT. Mur- olsposal upon his arrival at ana rom these he conducted and experiments : e ne sad, is the best fertilizer TOT sugar cane and before the as. quantities of it were ship the United States throurh ;seoh, ;. c: Peru herself, he ls 'i. now utilizing the fertilizer ny TOT growing sugar cane but ce and cotton. ""' n freight rates, Mir. Murpbv algnt be affected by the com. 'n sss ch has sprung up since the war. Within the last 'h;u yh;.AS; ne said, eight or nine HIP U; lines-Dutch, Trench Ital- n and American-are, now i.g m at Peruvian ports. As ~ an ~ 0e oi recent freight costs MT " " cited the case of a Cnrt;ss ne. occupying the crate ,oi no, ,sg ,sarger than would be reou;roI ro1 usomobile and upon wh;cs Ikss were $500. MT. Murmh., mtvn s a4 years old and a erad,'a pas , m 'wh university, is a director ot .t xpiorers' club. His exneJ;t;a, O. 'ru was aided financiallv b, \merican Museum of Nat,r,s us y and the American Geogranas. Gasu,s oclety. siaph'
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