PLATE XIV 



Photographs illustrating scenery and climate in South America. 



Figs. I and 2, taken in lat. 10-12° S, and Figs. 3 and 4, taken in lat. 

 49-53° S, illustrate the reversed character of the scenery west and east of 

 the Cordillera. Figs, i and 3 of the west coast fall respectively within 

 the South Pacific high pressure area and the region of the westerly 

 winds, and correspond to the tracts of the Peru Current and the Cape 

 Horn Current. 



Fig. I. Chicla in the Peruvian Sierra (lat. 10-12° S). 10. viii. 31. 



Fig. 2. The Peruvian Montana near San Ram6n (lat. 10-12° S) showing 

 forests of the Amazon basin. 



Fig. 3. Field Anchorage, Straits of Magellan (lat. 53° S). 15. ix. 31. 



Fig. 4. Monte Kochaik, Argentina (lat. 49° S). 19. ii. 03. 



