National Geographic : 1920 Jun
PERU'S WEALTH-PRODUCING BIRDS 563 A CAMP OF FISHERMEN AND GUANO-GATHERERS: LOBOS DE TIERRA The large house in right background is the office and residence of an American firm, con tractor for the Peruvian Corporation. The smaller houses are offices for minor officials. A DESERTED CAMP OF GUANO-WORKERS: CHINCHA ISLANDS The workers in the guano deposits are practically all Peruvians of the ancient stock. Their camps are extremely simple, the huts consisting of skeleton frames of wood covered with burlap or old guano sacks.