XLIL 

 THE HILL-STAR HUMMING-BIRD. 



[NE of the luxuriant valleys situated among 

 the Andes is called the Valley of Quito. 

 Here is 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 valley 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 populous villages. It 

 looks to the traveller the abode of beauty and 



