A Voyage to 



I ihall not regard the Obje&ions that may be made, nor 

 go about to apply this Difcourfe to Valleys and Mountains 

 that lie Eaft and Weft ; it is not proper for me to fay any 

 more : I will proceed to another Remark, concerning the 

 Vale of Uma. 



Since the Earthquake in 1678, the Earth has not produced 

 Corn as it did before, for which Reafon they find it cheaper 

 to have it brought from ChitL from whence enough is every 

 Year exported to maintain 50 or 60000 Men, as 1 have elfe- 

 where computed. The Mountain and the reft of the Coun- 

 try isfufficient to maintain the Inhabitants. 



As for Garden Flowers, I have not feen any peculiar to 

 that Country, except the Niorbos, which fomewhat refem- 

 ble the Orange Flower ; their Scent is not fo ftrong, but 

 more pleafant. 



I muft not here omit the Singularities of fome Plants I 

 have heard Perfons of Credit fpeakof. There is an Herb 

 calPd Carapullo^ which grows like a Tuft of Grafs, and 

 yields an Ear, the Decoftion of which makes fuch as drink 

 it delirious for fome Days : The Indians make ufe of it to 

 difcover the natural Difpofition of their Children. At the 

 Time when it has its Operation, they place by them the 

 Tools of all fuch Trades as they may follow > as by a 

 Maiden a Spindle, Wool, Sciffors, Cloth, Kitchen Furni- 

 ture, &c. And by a Youth Accoutrements for a Horfe, 

 Awls, Hammers, &c. and that Tool they take moft Fan- 

 cy to in their Delirium, is a certain Indication of the Trade 

 they are fitteft for, as I was affured by a French Surgeon, 

 who was an Eye Witnefs of this Rarity. 



In the Plains of TyuxMq there is a Sort of Tree, which 

 bears 20 or 30 Flowers, all of them different, and ; of divers 

 Colours, hanging together like a Bunch oi Grapes ; it is 

 call'd Flor del Paraifo, or the Flower of Paradife. 



About Caxatambo and San Matbeo, a Village in the Ter- 

 ritory of Lima, at the Foot of the Mountains, there are 

 certain Shrubs bearing blue Blolfoms, each of which as it 



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