WESTERN COAST OF S. AMERICA. ^\ 



as the inhabitants of northern countries do^ on go* 

 ing to the West Indies or Vera Cruz^ the fatal ef- 

 fects of an air excessively warm^ and vitiated by a 

 mixture of putrid emanations."* According to Dr 

 Unanue, Even black cattle reared on the moun- 

 tains^ cannot support the temperature of the coast ; 

 as soon as they come down to it they are affected ; 

 according to the vulgar expression,, viz. they grow 

 stupid, and perish with frightful rapidity. On open- 

 ing them, the liver is found hardened, as if it had 

 been placed on coals. The butchers know by ex- 

 perience, that cattle die much faster in summer than 

 in winter ; and therefore choose the latter season to 

 provide their supply for the Lima markets. "f 



* Humboldt's New Spain, Vol. IV. p. 153. See also Unanue, 

 « El Clima de Lima." 



•|* El Clima de Lima, p. 65. 



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EDINBURGH : 

 PRINTED BY JOHN STARK. 



