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Springs of pitch - 155 



Fountain of salt near Cuzco 155 



Springs flowing by sarsaparilla plants - 156 



Springs rising on Vilcafiota - 156 



Colored springs - 156 



CHAPTER 18. Of rivers. 



River Maranon or Amazons - 156 



Passage of the Pongo 157 



Paraguay or river Plate - - 158 



Magdalen a - 158 



Passage of rivers. Irrigation - 159 



CHAPTER 19. Of the qualitie of the land at the Indies in generall. 



Coast valleys of Peru - 160 



Sierra of Peru 161 



Temperate valleys 162 



CHAPTER, 20. Of the properties of the land of Peru. , 



Extent of Peru 163 



Physical features of Peru - 164 



Rainfall in Peru - - 165 



The Collao 166 



CHAPTER 21. The reason why it does not, ruin on the Llanos, along ^ 

 the sea coast. 



Cause of no rain on the coast of Peru - - 167 



Fertilizing mists - - - - 168 



CHAPTER 22.- Of the propertie of new Spaine, of the Hands, and of 



other Lands. 



Vineyards in Peru 168 



Pastures in Mexico - 168 



Soil of the Antilles 169 



Climate of Chile - 170 



CHAPTER 23. Of the unknowne Land, and the diver sitie of a whole 

 day betwixt them of the East and the West. 



Conjectured land of Australia 1 70 



