Under the Southern cross in South America . ce a few miles lowerdown on the coast, which marched in the night along the beach andsuddenly attacked the Peruvians in the rear who, cut off from anyescape landward, fell in hundreds in the terrible onslaught. ThePeruvian commander and many of the officers hurled themselvesover the promontory to the jagged rocks below rather than fall intothe vengeful hands of the infuriated Chileans. Arica has been unfortunate as the victim of several earthquakesand other catastrophes. In 1868 it was almost wholly washed awayby a tidal wave in which thousands peris
Under the Southern cross in South America . ce a few miles lowerdown on the coast, which marched in the night along the beach andsuddenly attacked the Peruvians in the rear who, cut off from anyescape landward, fell in hundreds in the terrible onslaught. ThePeruvian commander and many of the officers hurled themselvesover the promontory to the jagged rocks below rather than fall intothe vengeful hands of the infuriated Chileans. Arica has been unfortunate as the victim of several earthquakesand other catastrophes. In 1868 it was almost wholly washed awayby a tidal wave in which thousands perished, and in which twoUnited States men-of-war, lying in the harbor at the time, weredashed to kindling wood. One of them was actually swept over thehouses of the town and all on board, officers and men, lost theirlives. Few escaped on the other. There is a great highway from Arica into the interior of Peru andBolivia which was constructed by the Incas and has been used forhundreds of years as a route of travel. Trains of laden llamas, bur-. ALONG THE CHILEAN COAST 301 ros and mules can be seen continually on this road carrying foreignmerchandise into the interior and l)ringing out the products of themines, forests and pastures. Vegetables and fruits are brought in from the Azapa valley, lyingnear. When we came back to our vessel we foimd market-womenthronging the decks ofTering their wares—russet pears, temptingpeaches, large and luscious grapes hanging in clusters and of allcolors, red-cheeked apples and big melons which would have madethe teeth of a Georgia nigger water with anticipation. Arica is now the port for Tacna, and soon it will be a place ofmore importance than it has been, for there is a hundred mile rail-road now in course of construction from it to La Paz which willopen up easier commercial relations with Bolivia and Peru. We made a short call at Pisagua and next came to Iquique, theport and capital of the Chilean territory of Tarapaca, which alsobelonged to Pe
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