The Republican journal., 1903-06-04
~ RajnIess Region of Peru
ALONG SHORE. WONDERFULLY
.pE Alg LIMITATIONS IN FERTILE
RUE NC RETWEEN THE DESERTS.

N,rEyS BEIWEEN AhG DGSGN -
w. r,rrespondence of The Journal
PERU, April 80, 1908. The
w. region of Peru, which COM
''I. tbs desert strip between the An
pre-, the sea, is about forty miles
De- .ala thousand miles long. 1t is
8l'' 60 ,novn AS Ell Destoblano, ''the
0''r ,5itrd. because of the extreme
l''D1, r of existing there. Wherever
ail' ,,, from the mountains brings its
iSt .noVs down through the desert,
D'', is ppened, which planters have
u.s., from time immemorial. The
N'' themselves were no mean agri-
'."-,-srs and everywhere they touch
%.....Ira 1T produced in profusiolE
..rr, extended north and south
,4..sJud miles, and east from the
naut four hundred miles, to the
If the Amazon, which their
..5...- we're unable to subdue. AS
20 He conquest energetic JeSu-
''.... s.sorouS war upon these deS-
..i .oBuuered them as easily as
r4- Indians. Where irriga-
n.,,.1e, the barren strip pro
..n adld crops of sugar, coffee
..- ropical products; and it is
-sInr that industry and CAPT
...- ia. day redeem the whole of
f- .I.l The money that has been
.-. .H Peruvian revolutions had
m. expended i'll the development of
.0,.r. and agricultural resources of
7.- .-a n the soldiers had dug irri-
...ol-tUes with half the ardor they
..1E.J each other, there would be
....f muutry on the globe. The
-.. auate. whose chief town is
~. ...,ples about the center of the
...s. ~e.pn The celebrated plain
... -.utceu miles long, but extends |
g.. --4ar from the cordilleras to the
.a AZ IS southern end are small |
....a.q, 81 .ere reeds are cultivated for !
-.siar 4atting which supports the |
.,-.r -l.- It the houses; then comes |
.srt. ut covered with stony mounds |
iii. 1s of date palms, stretching |
r, .utI1 desert. The northern end |
.--- ui}erent. Close to Pisco are
-. institutes for mules, horses and |
5~.. fn ldpWs of alfalfa, tropical
.-. a- vegetable gardens, each |
...uded by hedge-r rows of date
ssn, tive. orange. fig and willow |
TIRE. ..3oud are purple vineyards |
.E g caches of acknowledgment
ga "d- each estate separated from
/. Dr- o by rows of willows. The |
gu, 4 hereabouts are as delic-
..,., u~r Of Southern France and |
sr use absorbed the breath of !
.s.40 sea- as well as the sunshine |
..r.wa summer. Great quantities |
.. M uraudy, called ''1talia" and |
,.. exported from this place |
81. luufacture is the principal
s#s5 o. the valley. We visited the
N.-e. .seat a wine maker and found |
IT,. .,U al nearly thousand casks, |
ar , 4oIding three hundred gal |
job. let to say that | am unable |
r-.eEaa any figures, having neglect
-.+ a. down in my note book infor-
aat.i Igeiyed on the spot; but the
M..5 H liquor made is marvellous,
,.. rlL lie limited district. Italia"
IS 71rte white wine of Peru,
"H.h too strong for general |
ve.a Jsco," though a most limo
u sug beverage, being colorlesS |
a-- contains more intoXication to |
.e ah lueh than any other known
Q-H u.r,s it may be the mescal of |
lgTa Ihere is a Portuguese planter
brew induces three distinct kinds |
.- 8a, from the same grape; one an |
-4r M variety resembling Made
t a5-1er similar to the best Blu
v.a, ali@ a third much like the in |
ta tme wines. There is also a
'sN fat and correspondingly expensive
44 distilled from a large white
Grape favored with chirimojas, the
latter beng the most delicious fruit to
&iolud m the country. All along the
yat. ar- immense warehouses where |
,07 common ''Pisco' is stored in huge |
nd AIS shaped much like an egg-shell,
'ValnI Shipment to the various ports |
j Peru and Chill. The estates of |
'aale are mostly cultivated by ne
Tues assisted by few Cinnamon.
.rt appear to be as happy and con- i
s-jeI "a lot of people as one can find |
long days journey. Though no
0lg.g ayes, their labor is still forced;
'li though they receive little more !
la1 food poor clothing and poorer
~gng they are at least sure of that, of |
lea'eaIattendance when i'll, and exemp-
y0a iron the taxes that so Cypress
nose WHO undertake to be independent.
~dF'y u the morning, before going to
'o8 M the women and girls repair to
D5 1''I of the chapel and sing hymn
l praise upon their knees; and again
!, sunset when the labor of the day is
''r banking heaven for their lives of
@yllllde / think it was in 1921 that |
~ LlLMer amhiguouS law WAS passed |