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Fig. 66 — Irrigated and irrigable land of the coastal belt of Peru. The map ex- 

 hibits in a striking manner how small a part of the whole Pacific slope is available for 

 cultivation. Pasture grows over all but the steepest and the highest portions of the 

 Cordillera to the right of (above) the dotted line. Another belt of pasture too nar- 

 row to show on the map, grows in the fog belt on the seaward slopes of the Coast 

 Range. Scale, 170 miles to the inch. 



