The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-06

The first part Of the voyage from
Panama down the coast towards feFu
IL ENJOYABLE when made in a steam t'
for the sea is smooth the southerlE
breeze is usually light and after pass
ing through the picturesque Isles that
lie off Panama one sees at no great
distance those Pearl islands %nIcn AT
rna time rivaied the isles of BanreIa
In the Persian gulf as the Chiet peara
fishery of the world
Tst1f on the second morning whfn we
had got four or FIVE hundred mics 70
+ha south what was our surprise 10
dnd the temperature getting tower
and the sky cloudler as we appFoat''eu
ina equator. II was chilly that evening
ma we asked fer blankets. Dreams
~ a delightful hasking in the SOIL alf
- a suutt sea were dispelledi w
,,eere entering cold weather, ana II was
IN continue with US for thousahoe 81
miles. all the way to the Stta''7 %
Nagelian.
\ Vast Reach OF Cloud
t,,.arvhasy knows nowadays how
1a.r,al,r tna climate and the nora anu
- T5y{}l7atfon uf western Europe are
4,,4 "a the Gulf Stream hut one filas
'4,1se.,.,qt that few people have heard OF
a., oraan current on the other sue -
America equal IN length ana Fetui ~,
aud scarcely less important III t'S )"
nurHce au climate . or
rtsha GREAT Antarctic current ~
f1,,.,,f,,,i.3t current AS II is sometimes
,9tfS f-aru the Industrious German
- erst scientifically observed anu
..,.,fe f,,ed IT, carries up from so" ne "a
,th74a 81, some distance norm OF wv
Yeotxafar a vast body "t S"lH go go.
Which ghslls the atmosphere ui ~.
zee, aud the coast and freqnSu''E
~ h. yatr "a Bf GtNhAs
fg,ye ne crosses the line, the tfaN-
49, arrounters this murky ana un-
,,sr,{at weather when eNHltrd the 49, ~,
~, ~ thn early spanish MF't1'=' y ~
l+..,,.4t,.d tn and a zone 3uSt NV 1Vt ~ -
49,, had found on the AItah.N -
AN thereafter {auring f0iiY 'H'A w..
49, daes he see clear blue sky saw
Eeai -, az, hour or two each daSs
ali the way southwark as iaF Il"
paraiso. r,.,v,Iess
Coast.
But it's cool and cloudy climate -
univ one OF the singular feaiuts9
49, coast From the lsthInns us ot'e
ttas Iq,+ta way south of the Equator
$50 r.u1Y of Guayquit. the usual "ee
f1,,,x,roar season Of the tropics preVtAaA =
"a tna abundant rains give 70 'he
et~h,anas along the coast on toiolh :
nts and Ecuador spiendld ioIe1sfs
x,,nteh will one day De sooi
wealth 10 those countries buI IA 'N's s
,,cint or. 10 be more precise, aoou'
Nc ho,indary of Ecuador ana e. a.
,,ear fhe town OF TumbeZ. where y
zarro landed. the ciimatio conoseAo', =
suddenly change. and there oesIfs :"
.ratnless tract which eA'ehas u~w ~
coast as far as Coquhhpo fSi'''e' -
80 degrees S, latitude a..
rna vanorous moisture which the
,,1tnaas+ar1y trade winds bring up
FROM the other side Of the connnent Is
-.at ~ N spent in showers falilhg
an the eastern side of the ANDES s'tio
x,,nat remains is absorbed by the ali
=. tha drv plateaux between the pa
ratial chains of that range SO 'ha'
hardly any passes over 10 tue "oS.
arm side of the mountains ne an
arctic current. cooling the AIR OF the
sr.arn,at regions 1t enters. creates
80, of nIsts. but no rain, the land
being warmer than the sea nus
80 winch of the coast OF western south
A,,ay,ra a lies between the ocean and
he ftordiIIera OF the Andes from rum
hey nearly to Valparaiso, for dis-
taree of some two thousand miles
In dry and sterile
ThIs strip OF land varies In width
from forty TO sixty miles IL Is
crossed here and there by small rivers
fea hy- the SHOWS of the Andes be-
hind and along their banks are Gases
~ yardure otherwise the whole
coast Of the strip Is a bare, brown
and dtsmally barren desert.
Seeing far off the dim grey noun
ta{ns around the Gulf OF Guayquii
we touched next morning at our hrs'
Peruvian port. the little town of Pay
IA. and here got our first impression
az those South American deserts WITH
which we were to become so familiar
Fabulous Wcaitl, From Cnmitigatec
Barrenness.
We landed and climbed to the tor
Of the cliffs of the soft strata thai
rise steeply from the water, GETTING
a wide view over the bay and to the
flat-topped hills that rise fifteen miles
ar more inland. The sun had come
ont the air was clear and fresh. anc
though the land was as unmitigatec
a hit of desert as / had ever seen
with only a few stunted. prickiy, afic
woody stemmed plants or the ground
still 1t was exhilaratipg TO tread a.
last the soil Of a new continent ant
receive a new impression.
The first view of Peru answers
very littia to that impression or 9
wealthy land called up by the name
OF this country, more familiar ant
more famous in the olden days thar
that of any other part or the coionia
empire of Spain. Nevertheless, 1t II
curious fact that the wealth o.
Spanish Peru belonged more to hel