The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

~ thc Peruvian Corporation Is
ing 10 Improve Them-A Talk
Nh Harry V. Harlan, Our Agricul-
tural Expcrt-Animals Which
n"rt,c at Two and Three Miles
,hn,r the Sea-Llamas and Their
nu,,Icns-Thcy Are the Freight
Tin. of the Andes-Alpacas
mhirh Are Shorn Every Two Years.
-Thc Vicuna and Its Costly Fur
v;.hty Glaciers and VOlcanOes-A
Rim over the Southern Railway TO
,L. High Plateau Of Peru.
,.,usrishted. 1914, by Frank G.. Ca
penter.)
SICUANI, Peru.
am at Sicuani. a little town on
eraat plateau that lies between
,na tso ranges of the Andes. This
,i,tsau runs north and south for a
,harsand or more miles through Ec-
,,Aor and Peru. j am now at the
"nothern end Of it. several hundred
mills south Of the region i have de-
FSrrhed in my letters from CerrO de
Sp,eco To reach Cerro, L had to
ross the mountains at an altitude of
~. 400 feet. The PASS by which |
inc here is only 1000 feet lower,
and II was through a driving snow
storm that I slid over the mountains
from the Pacific slope to the Atlantic.
f., took me three days by rail to
cot here from the ocean. My rOad
vas the southern Hallway of Peru,
which is one Of the best managed in
the republic. Its trains start on time
and oct there. The ride here was
comparatively comfortable, although
q part Of my journey was no. on the
express BY the fast trains it is pos
sible 10 reach Cuzco from the ocean
inside Of three days. l am taking
four. i'm order that | may better see
the country and people. The first
stage of my travels was up the noun
iains from the port of Mollendo to
AreQuipa. That city is the metropolis
of southern Peru. 1t is 1900 feet
above the sea. and in reaching it you
cover only a little more than half of
the altitude to the top of the Andes.
! stayed there for a day or so, and
then went on to J~uliaca. a town a
short distance from Lake Titicaca.
The latter journey required a full
days railroad travel. During it I
crossed the pass of Crucerso Alto, and
sin coming down to Juliaca. fell to a
height of a little less than 49, 900 feet
The high altitude affected me, and
felt a slight touch of soroche at the
hotel where we stopped over night
Juliaca is the junction where the
Southern railroad divides: one branch
going southwark to punO on Lake
over the great plateau to the valley
and ancient city of Cuzco. Thi:
journey is made by the express in on,
day, and therefore after nine hour
rom Jullaca have to stop over nigh
al Sicuani. Tomorrow / shall re
sumo my journey to the famed Cit,
ot the lncas. which is about 10
miles further on.
nave already described the rid
over the Peruvian desert from tn
ocean to Arequipa. The journey frOr
there 10 the top Of the mountains i
even more wonderful. You start froT
the level of Mexico City and win
your way round Mount MIST, whic
IS more h 10000 feet high, and a
'he same time you can see othe
mountains. such as Chachacani, whic
at" more than fou miles above tn
sea and which are covered with sno'
All the year round. Higher still ther
are mountains covered with glacier
and on the way up the valley to Cuzc
a. La Itaya you see glaciers in the fa
Instance. which must cover mar
square miles.
me greater part of the way
through extinct volcanoes. The slOI
" Mount MIST is covered with gre;
'"'NS ol Diack lava and the mOu1
an that wall this high valley in II
IF-'on where ! now am have Mag;
las oi lava which seem to have bee
H"@th as they flowed from the crate
above down the slopes. In places W
'o'% over walls of such rock a tho
Nshd i"et high, and above them s
-ld'icrS on Mountains hat are mo
,H'h TOUR miles in height. At tim
'L'St mountains rise up like a gre
VIZ" rampant Of irregular shape, kis
"' 'h" sky, and again they extend
>e"-tooth construction as far
yes can reach.
i'' vegetation changes the m
lou near the top of the And
'l climb the western slope at
"+ 'i" Of two miles or more [
begins to sprinkle the semi-a
h"r"ieS. and when YOU cross t
ana "onc down to the plate
IRE in n region Of SOD cover
'" titt$ OF why grass which 6
arse for anything but the liam
piaeau itself is covered with fioC
q sue "b and ~nlp1CDS There are hpl