CHAPTER lY. 



THE HILL-STAR HUMMING-BIRTj. 



NE of the luxuriant valleys situ- 

 ated amonof the Andes is called 

 '(\%^ the Valley of Quito. Here is 



J^ the capital city of a portion of 

 South America named Quito, a province 

 that includes hill and dale, rock and 

 mountain, and all kinds of temperatures 

 and productions. The climate of the val- 

 ley is delicious. Here seems to reign an 

 ever verdant spring. No extremes of 

 heat or cold reach this favoured spot. 



It is clothed with fruitful fields and 

 orchards, and flocks and herds, and popu- 



