78 VILLAGES OF THE CAMPINA. Chap. V. 



fair townswoman was unrequited, and whose melancholy fate 

 has surrounded his name with a halo of romance. He was 

 barbarously shot, after having been taken prisoner by the 

 Spaniards, at the battle of Umachiri in 1815, the first attempt 

 which the Peruvians made for their independence. 



During the Avinter months the wealthier families remove 

 to villages in the campiiia, either to Tingo, Tiavaya, or 

 Savandia, taking furniture with them. At the commencement 

 of the season droves of mules leave the city laden with beds, 

 chairs, and tables, to render the country houses habitable. 

 Here the Arequipeiios enjoy the delights of the country and 

 of bathing in large swimming-baths faced with masomy, and 

 planted round with rows of tall willows. The rides in the 

 country which surrounds these villages are exceedingly 

 pretty. The trees consist chiefly of tall willows and of the 

 jScJmius molle M'ith its bunches of red berries, while bushes 

 of fragrant white Daturas and of the beautiful Bignonia 

 fulva fill the hedges, and the streams are bordered by 

 masses of Nasturtiums. The fields either bear crops of vivid 

 green alfalfa, or tall Indian corn, six to eight feet high, over 

 which the Tropceolum canariensis creeps in golden masses, and 

 at whose feet the bright blue lupins, and a Solanwn with rich 

 pm'ple flowers, grow as weeds. From many points of view the 

 rapid waters of the river Chile complete the picture, whUe far 

 away the snowy peaks of Chuquibamba, Charcani, and the 

 volcano glisten in the beams of the sun. Above Arequipa 

 the river flows through the valley of Chilinos, the steep sides 

 of which are lined with andeneria, or terraced maize-gardens, 

 with here and there a pictm-esque group of the stone huts 

 of the Indians, often completely hidden by the dark green 

 leaves and golden flowers of the gourds which cover 

 them. The courtyards of the houses are frequently orna- 

 mented with a beautiful passion-flower, which creeps over 

 the trellised verandahs, and is covered with flowers. It is 



