Arizona republican., 1903-01-13

On the southwest side is the town o.
Cayambe, surrounded by a most beau
tiful country, all under cultivation or
grazing, DR.. William Jameson, of
English birth, lived in Quito many
years and here died. He was a man of
high education, scientist of no meaG
note. He tried to make the ascent of
Cayambe In 1859, but failed to get above
1i,OG0 feet, nearly 5000 feet short of the
top. OF the. town and surrounding
country he wrote:
"Cayambe is situate on a gentle de-
clivity, forming the base of the noun
tain of the same name. The soil of the
surrounding country is remarka bly,
fertile and watered b. numerous
streams that derive the.r origin from
the snow. The system OF irrigation is
extensively practiced By farmers AMI
by the proprietors of cate estates, who
derive a liberal emo IL ant from the
productions of the dairy. particularly
from cheese, which, in enormous guam
titles, is consumed in tlis cou-- try.
The number of cattle dis ributed over
the different farms of Cay,mbe cannot
be less than thirty thous nd. There
is one estate, that of Guaciala, where
thirty thousand sheep are reared, fur
nishing a proportionate quantity of
wool for the manufacture o. a coarse
cloth made on the estate This cloth
is sold at the price OF two reals a yard
Qess than ten cents) ard resold in the
mining district of = 5acoas at rather
more than double it original price"
In a days journC n this country it
is remarka BILE the va iety of climate,
of vegetation, of liz D. ie will encounter
One part of the d. he may be at an
altitude of over f, teen thousand feet,
as we were, but hot yet up to SNOW
line" though far above the clouds.
while at another part of the day he
may be-down in the TERRA caliente"
or hot lands. In the transition from
the one to the other he will see, at one
time only mountains of stone or their
mantle of beautiful white: then he will
pass over lorg stretches of country COW
cred with the peculiar "paramo grass;
then will be seen immense herds of cat
tie or sheep. with the ever faithful
guard, usually a woman and dog. bu,
not infrequently only 4 small girl o..
boy with the dog: then he will find
large fields OF wheat. corn, barley, peas
alfalfa, potatoes, etc: then again he
orange, agnaeate, papaya, pine apple,
banana, etc, etc. During the same
time he will pass large haciendas with
large house, many servants and
many of the comforts Of life. but he
will see many times more the humble
choza.' the home of the laborers or
the country. These "chozas" are small
matched huts, without a door Ga hole
by which to enter) window, chair. table.
bed, chimney or any of the comforts
of life. Some are covered with paramo
grass, others with aloe leaves, others
with straw. These poor people are the
laborers, the renters the slaves, prac-
ucally. When they once get in debt
to the hacienda proprietor they can
never leave his service until they paw
the debt, which will continually in
crease as long as they remain In his
employ. Many of these laborers get
less than fifty sucres (about S2D a year
for four days a week work. the use or
a few acres of land, two days each
week to cultivate it, with the Sabbath
free. :.
From almost daylight to dark they
have to work for this miserable com
pensation. Any one falling to work
on the day due the land owner, is fined.
and thus the Indebtedness is increased.
while. if the work be urgent he Is also
whipped for being absent. You ask
how they become indebted TO the
dueno? Well, they want to marry ana
the cura must be paid. For this there
is no credit. Then he will want a hog.
some chickens. a sheep. etc. then his
wife must have a new shawl and shirt
for Sunday; the children must be bap-