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Picchu Ane roughly half of the averraced ares, supports only 
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famélies ave maize, cae » potatoes, em® pumpkins 
ete. Mache asia pa Brlivas held more than 500 persons 
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and then most of their food wes ae uD evr pelow. The wa- 
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water also was carried from the river as “aha springs flowy 
very slowly and become quite dry in the so onl ed; edesens 
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Nov lst : Pott Hina que at 8.30 Belle and reached Sante Kita at 4 pete 
where we cases ie in > he field. it rained during the night ahd 
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also enroute ta Mande” Fence to Maquina,l saw very few birds 
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on the road and only one new (Ge, a small brillant green spote 
ted Cadiiste which I collected. At Santa Rita I saw a iter 
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palm in the Siakane with some small’ ones near by snd several 
large tree ferns. This is the only place in the valley I have 
seen a palm above Santa Ana and’ no -ouee bey extreme Moyer limit 
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of palms. The river continued ea red. “ak sede Tike bie Golorads 
It is “ab ut chee foot higher than when normal and is very 
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ugly ,4 cinevwater giving. “fapida & nasty ep penr antes The maize is 
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ee 4 nigh in the cada tues life is newe abundant than 
in Jyly. I san, several of the large blue butterflies so common 
in the low country, also clusters of the small black and red 
beeen, 
which were seen in numbers on San Miguel, and 
st ta The Paltés, or aguacates are now ripe and I purchased some 
at the Ambamba river junction. This point seems to be their 
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upper a? in the valley as well as that of co cog, and teens 2 
SelIs—Teoncnow till Decenber—erage- 
It rained all night and part of the morning. We got away from 
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San Rita camp at 10 asm. and reached Ollantay tambe at 4.30 p.m 
No rain fell but heavy clouds prevailed all day. The country 
was green and wet gverywhere.em, the canyon of the Urubamba the 
road was | bondersd by the long red blossoms of), Faebe. . Farther 
along the giant Gorexs cactus were in blossom the flowers of 
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which are white and very large huapsieed 5 inches across. With the 
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erews grew the Stenolobudian bushes ‘whi oft—wras. aise covered by 
a profusion of yellow flowers. A; Gereks, x bore LOO Sea eeEe 
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blossoms and a round stemmed Opus ustia cactus in places EPP 
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