that this winde being by nature themoft violent, tem- 

 peftuous, and vnheSthfuIl of all others, yet in this re 

 gion it is marvellous pleaftng, heahhful 7 and agreeable: 

 fo as we may attribute the habitation of that part there- 

 .vnto, without the which it would be troublcfome and 

 inhabitable, by reafon of the heatc , if it were not refre- 

 fhed with the winde. The third propertie is, that it ne 

 ver rallies, thunders ,fno\vcs, nor hailes in all this coaft, 

 which is a matter worthy of admiration. Fourthly,that 

 alittle diftance from the coaft it raines and fnowes ter 

 ribly . Fiftly > that there are two ridges of mountaines 

 which runne the one as the other, and in one altitude, 

 notwithftanding on the one there are great forrefts,and 

 it raines the greateft part of the yeerc, being very hotq- 

 and the other is all naked and bare, and very colde:fo as 

 winter and fummer are divided on thofc two rnoun-- 

 taincs, andraineandclcerenefTcitfclfe^ For the better 

 vnderftanding hereof , wee muft confider that Peru is 

 divided as it were in to three partes , long and narrow, 

 which they call Lanes , Sierra*, and Andes ^ the LAW* 

 runnes along eft the fea coaft; ihcSierras be all hillcs, 

 with forne vallies 5 and the Andes befteepe and craggie 

 mountaines. ThzLanos or fea coaft, have fome tenne 

 leagues in breadth, in (ome parts lefle,and in fome parts 

 alittle moreiTheS/Vm* containes fome twentie leagues 

 in breadth : and the Andes as much ; fometimes more, 

 fometimesleiTe.JThey runnc in length from north to 

 fouth,and in breadth from eaft to weaft . It is a ftrange 

 thing , that in fo fmall a diftance ; as fiftie !eagues,equal- 

 lydiftant from the Line and Pole, there fhould bee fo 

 great a contrarietie, as to rainealmoft contmuallyirr 

 one place, and never in the other. It never raines vpon 

 the coaft wLan&s , although there falles fometimes a 



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