Their dried fish and shrimps, and the salt, which they make from the brine-soaked bottoms of dried lagoons, go far and wide through the country, and for these they get in trade the corn, coffee, chocolate, and raw cotton which they need.

We have already spoken of their cattle, which is a source of income, though, as stated before, the Juaves rarely eat meat food.
[Illustration: JUAVE INDIANS; SAN MATEO DEL MAR] [Illustration: JUAVE FISHERMAN: SAN MATEO DEL MAR] The Juaves present a well-defined physical type.

They are of medium stature or tall.

Their noses are the largest and most prominent in indian Mexico, and are boldly aquiline.

The men are rarely idle; even as they walk, they carry with them their netting, or spindle with which they spin cord for making nets.