Fig. 63. 



Fig. 64. 



Fig. 63 — The deep fertile Majes Valley below Cantas. Compare with Fig. 6 show- 

 ing the Chili Valley at Arequipa. 



Fig. 64 — The Majes Valley, desert coast, western Peru. The lighter patches on the 

 valley floor are the gravel beds of the river at high water. Much of the alluvial land 

 is still uncleared. 



