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comes a desert, varying in width from nothing, where the 
an, to some 
actuses are the 
a SnpEor and ot are in Breet variety. 
near the shore of the 
Portions of this es penneatly go several 
first men 1 fale 
Huge um 
Peruvian coast. 
y' with no rain eeds, and great rs of 
tubers and bulbs, have great drouth-resisting powers. Im- 
mediately upon the commencement of the rains, the t int 
life, and mature their flowers and fruits with incredible rapidity 
At mai oints mountain streams reach the lower valleys, eve 
though they ; 
crops we osmopolitan weeds, such as Leptilon and 
Verbe Tessarias border the streams, just as shrubby willows 
do in this country. Ascendin: 
wart 
iow, stout, erect herbs, with handsome 
d or saucer-sh flowers. 
Little oe was done before attaining the 
al 
ummit, as 
this part of the j 
days. 
largely in raising sheep, llamas and alpacas. They raise ae 
oe alee ae considerable Poultey. “Fotators are small, but o 
and brilliant shades of yellow, purple, blu 
y 
is raised for fodder, but produces little grain. The chief crop 
