New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-13
PENyIAN DISCOVERY.
ur. sg.ier's Lecture mt the TraveierS
CIsh-Tbe Hon. Robert j. Walker and
sir Morton Pets Ireseat.

4 very instructive lecture, chiefly on "The
Geographical Problems Of Peru" was read last evening
bsr'Te the ifavelers' Club. at No. West Fourteenth
ST. By the Hou Il. G. SQuier late Minister to Nicsp
qua and Comnlssloner Peru. After alludisg 70 Gle
tbTee greas basins OF Tug s.nttnsn. IN UtsL,
Central America and oetSeea the Cordii
upon the unnyi.ing coast OF Peru. composed
o great part Of pale Irsy rocks and gray sandy desc
latlJu, charming and deeply interesting narrative
was given Of the perols travel on over Tie Cor
dliers sonnet mes through narrow and rugged passes
accommodating only bcsst and rider. and sometimes
through g0rgos and the beds of the peculiarly Wild
Peruvian mountain torrents. AT the altitude oi
II go feet the traveller fOund ms hands and
feet frozen. and at lA0c0 feet above the SEQ
riders sometimes fell from their horses. taken with
the hemohage induced by the ratification Of the ar at
that great he .hL On the arid and bleak sand Lear
tue mountains. great yellow win rows, the ancient
funuh or burying places met the ga1c. skeleton
clothed il wrapper OF beaten gold was lately dng Up
from these sands Even bcore the adyenturcr rose the
stnpendous barriers OF the COrderas severe with etcr
nal Winter and rigorous In their solitary and barren
sublimity In those mountain ranges Mr. squer found
the weather greater hardship than the coldes seasons
OF the North, and had to travel not unlike a. Esqui-
max. -
rpon the great basin lying between the Cosliileras
ond the Andes the lecturer devoted his fertile memory
aud ancy describing region wonderful in picturesque
area mineral resources and climate but inhabited by
people of small wealth. Thrift or knowledge, and even
Negligent of means 10 their country productive.
TITS basin the lecturer calculated 10 be lC00 miles long
and go broad. Llamas, becunas here roaned the
wds aud the solemn condor SCARED from his mountain
oJrie Here was the second greatest trssh.waer lake
in tho world IA 0 feot above the sea-Lake 1iticasca
which contained tue sacred island from which the
saendd Incas derived their origin and ordination in
which was the cave where Nance Cspac took refuge
and whore were ruins of anceat temples some Of the
best preserved probably In the world 1t was in refer
ence tho Of these lakes always suppos TO be
without any oitet whatever ~ tLe oeean and seated
In country almost entirely enclosed ana strangely
differing from the rest Of the world that tho geograph
cal problem existed 10 which the speaker drew aten.
on TO 0d the source OF those lakes and 10 oren up
Peru 10 active civilization was a quest worthy OF
American adventure. Tho New World has its White
Nile and Lake Ngami. and the same induoemeu,s
should he held out "a discovery the Old World gives
it, explorers hr. Squier condemned tho ab.urd ides
started by Mr.. Msury OF making way for emigration
through the Amazon. showing that travel was impos.
be by this route and even il practicable would land
the new conner III nninhabl,able wilds
Following Mr.. Sguiers' address the President Of the
Club Mr. Edward Dunbar introduced the Hon Robert
j. Walker, who paid high complmen % Mr souicrs
as traveller and pioneer. and referred in eko1uent
terms 90 the presence Of the distinguished English ys
itors Sir Morton Peto. Mr. Cossham ard others
accompanied by the English. American railway man
Mr MoHenry. Sir Morton returned thanks with
ms usual readiness. remarking chat OF all enterprises
whose completion was needed by America that OF
the faeic railroad was by far the most urgent and m
portint. Tho evening closed with az entertainment
gwen by the inembersOf the Travellers Club