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THE GARDENERS! CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
and the guano will not suffer any waste. The data 
furnished by this exploration may teach us what to 
expect, perhaps of yet farther Peu or what 
fier resources exist, ín case of Spain persisting in 
8,000,000 tons, 1st class, value 6l. 
1,000,000 tons, 2d class, value 41. 
1,500, 000 tons, 1st class, value 5I. 
value 6l. 
Sieben Islands, 
Macabi 1з! ands, 
Guailape Islands, 2,500,000 tons, 1st class, v: 
eres at £46,000,000. 
For 2000 the Peruvians xag ^um 
applied this ine "of which our agricultural pass a 
extends over 20, ad perhaps it may поб be MT anm 
futile E S : рн at the history of its utilisatio 
in its o 
8,000,000 valued 
-— ж мирра tices th hod of 
ing the land adop! Сү dut M ds mme ant 
rem A Ho notices rat the ridges пер the cliffs 
and illa of the islands contiguous to the 
b one would im 
vering he d 
Acosta т 
wl; and -— go solely 
ts efficacy 
e crop of 
16 is cal 
eruvian valleys takes! its 
Vega (Commentaries, b. 5, c. iii.) says that “О: 
coast, from the other side of Arequipa as far as Tara. 
a distance — to 
other manure than the du 
= hich abound o on the wh ng al 
in immens In the time ME the Без e one T 
land upon us p t during breeding time without incurrin 
ard of death, and at no time of the year was it lawfu 
ll them. Each island was ped for m 
of a particular province, but if large mA туы 
more. In the neighbourhood of Arequi М 
у= that th 
ung ot теле > rds, large and s ы 
hole Peru 
io, for br = "- 
The great, object of the | mers being to 
rather than the soil, they abstained as much as the fro 
и с златна scattering their guano on the surfaco” е in бая 
у v аз а top-drésein 
ERE 
whenexposed 
ino A aucion 
таво” crops s (Maizo а ао 
roduc: 
Bpod ir ith herse dung does n 
the mode of applying the муд 
Voyago e the South 
e land A 
Much de 
In Frezier'a N арзон 
ea” pna 13, И » is stated that it 
th yiel ei for 1 in 
Ad more 
"eom pod appears. As it nev 
е the plants emm for had 
дезе А be 
ng different in our modern modos 
unless that we, perbaps, m: 
fë e C" Journal dos O earth or ashes f for a Шеп |a 
Iw 
to which the 
paca, | m 
200 leagues, the Tnbabitants use no 
ma 
all 
into his capacio 
Tho 
The к im 
ormed, eene d e 
in consequence 
on € а I ош an 
stra! 
of their 
d 
of 
е marine в tribes, 
ge societies 
eavy show which w 
guan 
to tho epe ans 
had for three vm tem been 
sm 
n ci 
shortly have occasion to pi is the fa "i that the Rn d in the 
rendered more remarkable by - Shipment of 
ri evi which Dr. 
iom hundred 1 fold—a discovery made 
who were consummate masters in pb du 'e. 
it seems, is studded with lakes, but they а 
[Jusa 10, 1g. 
more with the Aa xD 
Kooria ooría, &c. Mr. I a] 
M 
"n and *' History 
1 
Ф. 
caleulating their organie m 
phosphate of art d үзг ү pr 
phosphoric om 
ton; and 
affo 
that their —Ó HE ph of aquatic birds, gulls, (oo 8, 
ducks, «3 а. о the coast, where they remain till the 
summ M. сорвет у is not the aceumulated 
ough it takes the name of 
fully as many m n Seal and Pen Islands е Augra 
and Piquena D. which must either ve fallen се to зоте 
dreadful pestilence, or have been destroye v hose 
awful visitations called sandblasts. Sallors bays another 
о Nothing would о ино the South Sea whaler that 
the creatures а а ect for the — А spot ashore to 
and who 2 whether such 
We bave inis: d to - Vet eene under 
which gua ced a this 
г ro Met wa 
id io it 
E 
at Liverpool. 
arrive, and іп 
were at work w 
London agents 
natory circu ular rs re 
ith long 
mending it to our аер уты en 
merchant, who, un ћарріју, was in the bit of thrusting 
many of his let of busi 
pa er es pockets, is said to hav 
ceived a тоаг e enclosing a e Matiis of the article nk 
ich of со! o off fumes o 
== 
uch a le 
лау thrust his корез іп бо вее what he M i but 
he en salts n 
an 
^ anger rs mein bar dh rfa 
cliffs; haringuferedn no decomposition it 
tains from 20 
e lost а certain amo us ү 
n 
slightly discoloured, but sb t AA. in u^ oh 
paler, -— ing suffered no other change. Ofthe { 
of 50 values adduced, save -— И 
аа ват as are not under 13l, m 
5l, 
and e that imported 
l 15» 5d. pert 
valuations Lobos 7L. 10s. s. 
iy 2 
in : 1853, et Шая 
illon 
f Peru, the fine s. 3d. and 81.80.104, 
на: А cu А. 15s. 104.; Chiles guno, of mad ш i 
same character, 777. ; Californian, from Їй | 
— 8d., n i-o f 
same yea Patos 
r esembling 1 Ichaboe and the СЯ o guano; asi 
no favo arket, a value of fra 
to р 
nd-class 
of Those of the third class include guanos sepes have it 
€ 
n little more tha 
e Saldanha Biy 
ips, Its estimi 
low as 4], 18k 8. 
nearly all their ammonia, 
of "this 
earthy phosphates. 
nd useful 
1 
ano has been fou 
Bay at 27. 2s., an 
guano from Algoa 
t Indian guano, әд the 
y differen 
21. Зз, The Wes 
importer's for 
The палон like the mercantile кпш; first 
Med E d this ext еч fertiliser, 
аа ave ris 
directi 
t 1200 
Caribbean Sea, 
of the seabo ard of Peru, has its so 
ver 
B Mb а 
hat of Baker Island; ; West 
and Newassa, а 
Jamaica and БЫ c. 
mewhat under Ке, 
м 
17 
кещ to 71. 125. 
island, halfway between 
c ert upon- 
rfolk Ноне: 
hold, t dos ice for ies 
, book 1, it is stai 
with the dun j^ os 
ong tho shore, called 
general term among the ine) 
е саи ет t of == 
ishes 
r Hence it follows 
tohmerous that a certain в 
darken the air as м Доска mo move 
n 
which i is 
esto 
на не 
e mainland, тч dri н та to 
consist of the ‘accumulated voidances of seal, gannet and 
e dae 
penguin І vm bird, that will talk "d fight with 
you—hen е sailors call “ acm ng like a 
nguin," "instead of getting out d m , commene- 
ing from about 6 feet above high w. dg and risi 
e joa vitra of the land. ihe island i in m 
course of a few seasons was Wn sete) elear hs ny 
| guano now obtained from that qua piat. й is 
ill an occasional Ы in the market-cónesquently 
9 of n annual deposits mixed with sand and 
er 
he sadi be said of the Bolivian already men- 
tioned, ^ At first the importations were equal to Peru- 
uch lower in „quality. And, 
pon a par with 
E 
appear so ! 
ments exist at the Chinehas. 
at 
sly i 
As regards the supply of phorphated | guano, thero 
s little en — mation. The s Bo 
mported i 
purely phosphatic, the "itrogenon e co 
been lost, leaving a value o 5l. 
4l. 14s. 8d. : remarkable substance | 
on Monk Island, s Maracaybo in 
of Venezuela, in la rocky masses. 
e ]eanie 
tables "stand at t 7L. Y 175. 
t. Vin ted at 3 
which is of а вода а 
per ton. Mexican guanos are е 
running from 3/. 75. 8d. to s. 
— 
one of M Virgin ння beo (né 5 
ы , appears 
calcar us tula- with dyk dykes and bosse 
