438 The Andes and the Amazons. 



anges, lemons, melons, and olives are grown along the 

 southei-n coast. The olives of Ilo, and the raisins of Pica 

 will compare with those of Seville and Malaga. 



Tobacco. — This grows luxuriantly at Eteu and Pacas- 

 mayo, sometimes standing eight feet high, with leaves four 

 feet long. It is sent chiefly to Chile. Pacasinayo export- 

 ed 100,000 pounds in 1873. Tobacco is also grown along 

 the Urubamba and Utcubamba. 



Coca is almost confined to the Urubamba province, and 

 is not exported from the coast, as it is consumed in Cuzco, 

 Puno, and Arequipa. It is considered inferior to the coca 

 of Yungas, Bolivia. 



Cascaeilla Bark. — Less and less of this is exported ev- 

 ery year, as the hunters have to go farther and farther into 

 the interior for it. The greater part now goes down the 

 Amazons from Bolivia. It is shipped from Payta (coming 

 from Loja), Pacasmayo (coming through Cajamarca, near- 

 ly 200,000 pounds in 1873), May, and Arica (coming from 

 the Bolivian forests of Munecas, Apolobamba, Yuracares, 

 Larecaja, Inquisivi, Apopaya, and the Yungas of La Paz. 

 At Arica, it is worth $90 a quintal. 



Wool. — After guano and sugar, alpaca is the great ex- 

 port. The annual product is about 45,000 bales. It 

 comes almost entirely from the departments of Puno and 

 Cuzco; and the outlets are Pisco, Islay, Mollendo, and 

 Arica. But Arequipa is the great centre of the alpaca 

 trade. Such is the reputation of the Arequipa bi'and that 

 the wool is generally taken to that city from other points 

 to be re-assorted and repacked. The alpacas thrive best 

 in the black, almost barren, boggy lauds from 13,000 to 

 14,000 feet in elevation. Sheai-ing-time begins December 

 15 ; but an individual is sheared only once in two or three 

 years. A fleece of three years is of course the largest, and 

 commands the best price. It is now worth in Arequipa 



