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CHAPTER V. 



COASTING VOYAGE. 



ARICA ANDES YLO — MOLLENDO. 



On the 26th of May we sailed from Valparaiso, 

 and proceeded along the coast to Lima. During 

 the greater part of this voyage the land was in 

 sightj and we had many opportunities of seeing 

 not only the Andes, but other interesting features 

 of the country. The sky was sometimes covered 

 by a low dark unbroken cloud, overshadowing the 

 sea, and resting on the top of the high cliffs which 

 guard the coast ; so that the Andes, and, indeed, 

 the whole country, except the immediate shore, 

 were then screened from our view. But at some 

 places this lofty range of cliffs was intersected by 

 deep gullies, called quebradas, connected with ex- 

 tensive vallies stretching far into the interior. At 



