The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-03

before turned slowly aud sadly away secretly Ia
menting my OF ability for this great underta
king sincerely regretng that the duty before had
not been assigned to ADLER and better hands.
The Amazon in Perm ~ called the MarAhon. Ii
takes ia rise ia about II deg SOUTH and flows N
N w for about Ave husdrod miles; thence turning
east, aud contributing according to the maps, (sut
the maps are wrong) the boundary line between
Peru and Ecuadar, or about eight hundred miles, BY
its wndings Crossing in Peru the head waters or
the main stream, Lieut. Hsrnden reached the banks
Of the Husl'sea, nocls tributary and embarked
upon it at lingo Maria He descended Ii to its
Junction with the main stream, and thence to the
mouth Of che latter by river navigation Of not less
thsn three thousand five hundred miles.
At Tarapoto he fell IN with clever Now England
blacksmith who had been in that country for many
years and from whose valuable notes, touching tho
commercial resources Of the places visited BY him,
derive the following
lsga, six leagues above Chssuta the head OF unn-
terrupted navigation from the sea, is one hundred
and thirty Leagues from the city Of Huanuco, and
twenty. four from Mozabanba. Climate very
healthy, and free from sil annoying insects.
IL is situated on a beautiful plain OF from twenty
to twenty five leagues in circumference, which Is
intcrsected by many riyulets. The SOIL Is iorlios
producing in great abundance cotton, coffee, sugar,
indigo, and cocoa, us well as everything else 70
which the sliaa.e is adapted. Here the piantau
continues. without any othcr care than tn't re-
quired to remove the noxous weeds, to produce In
full yigor for from fifty to sixty years Cotton
gives crop in six months from the seed; rice ia
Ave months; and indigo gross Wild. Neat cattle
Formulation Of the town and its two ports in 1913,
$3.50: annual births about 235; deaths, 40. Prn-
cpal branch of industry, cotton cloth-of which
they manufacture between thirty Eve and forty
thousand ards. II is made by hand, and one yard
Of eur common coarse cotton Ia worth there two Of
that
The currercy 10 white wax and this coarse cotton
stuff OF the country, which, in Chachapoyas, il
worth twelve cents the yard.
One pound Of white wax is worth four yards OF
cotton; coed sized bull, enc hundred yards; we'll
grown fat hog, sixty yards; a big sheep, twelve
yards; twenty-five pounds Of csee. six yards, tsen-
ty-ive gallons ofrum, twelve yards; laying hen,
four ounces OF way; chicken, two ounces; twenty
Ave pounds Of rice in the husk halt pound Of wax;
twenty-five pounds OF corn, TIVE ounces; twenty Ave
pounds BEANS four ounces; basket OF yuc1,
weighing from City to sixty pounds, two ounces;
twenty. hve pounds seed cotton, eight ounces; q
bunch Of plantains, weighing from forty to ffty
pounds, three needles. Storax, cinnamon, milks 81
trees gums, other products Of the forests, have
DO fixed value; but they may be had In quantity
from the Indians NJ merely nominal prices.
The land transportation from Tarapota to Mcya-
bamba, with It's population Of 900, Is done the
backs Of Indians. Seventy five pounds make lead,