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struck by the sudden transition from the sterility of the 
desert to the bright verdure of the irrigated land; the water 
channels are, of course, carried as close as possible to the 
hill, and at as high a-level on each side of the valley as the 
fall of the river will allow, and while every inch of ground 
within these limits is covered with luxuriant vegetation; ‘the 
parched hills on eithér side from. the water's edges: are ina 
state of perfect barrenness.“ 
From the small extent- of land Sukie of nore ahaa the 
vallies are for the most part cleared of wood; but a few spots 
are left for the growth of trees and shrubs for fuel. ^ Fhe 
trees most valued for this purpose near’ Lima, ‘are: Willow; 
Manglillo, ( Manglilla Jussieui, Pers., Myrsine Manglilla, Br.) 
and Huarango, a species of Acacia, which resembles, in habit 
and the hardness of its wood, the Espino (Acacia Cavenid) of 
Chili. -Among the shrubs in the same neighbourhood are 
various species of Cordia, Buddlea, Heliotropium, Lantana, 
Lycium, and Jussieua. The wood, however, «is strictly con- 
fined to the vallies, the hills being entirely destitute of the 
forests that clothe the country to the east of the Andes. 
There is, indeed, a most remarkable difference in tlie features 
of the eastern and western parts of Peru. Towards the coast, 
the climate is temperate, the rivers small and distant from each 
other, and the hills bare of wood : wild animals are very rare: 
there are few birds, and noxious reptiles-are unknown. 
The country, its climate, and productions, appear to belong to 
à dry part of the Temperate Zone. We have only to cross 
_ the Cordillera, and descend towards the east, to find the 
country covered with lofty trees, from a great elevation down 
to the plains, and along the course of the numerous large 
rivers'that fall into the Maranon; the forests are filled with 
wild animals and venomous snakes; numberless birds of 
splendid plumage inhabit: the trees; while alligators and 
tortoises abound in the rivers. We have here, in short, all 
the productions: of a moist tropical climate; and yet the two 
Countries, or rather districts, are in the same: latitude, and 
separated only by the mountains of the Cordillera. 
‘Throughout the whole of Chili, the dry and rainy seasons 
