New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . Areqaipa, Pern, and the volcano Uisti. 102 SOUTH AMERICA. In spite of the dryness of the western slope,more people live there than in the fertile landseast of the mountains. The short mountainetreams have wide valleys, and furnish waterto irrigate the farms, which produce abundantcrops of sugar, coffee, and cotton. Betweenthese irrigated lands are hot deserts coveredwith hillocks of drifting sand. The Incas lived on the high plateaus of thecentral Andes. Where is Cuzco ? It was thecapital of the Inca empire, and was surroundedby
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . Areqaipa, Pern, and the volcano Uisti. 102 SOUTH AMERICA. In spite of the dryness of the western slope,more people live there than in the fertile landseast of the mountains. The short mountainetreams have wide valleys, and furnish waterto irrigate the farms, which produce abundantcrops of sugar, coffee, and cotton. Betweenthese irrigated lands are hot deserts coveredwith hillocks of drifting sand. The Incas lived on the high plateaus of thecentral Andes. Where is Cuzco ? It was thecapital of the Inca empire, and was surroundedby thick walls of stone. Within was the Tem-ple of the Sun, to which pilgrims came fromevery part of the empire. On an island in. Native boats on Lake Xiticaca. Lake Titlcaca was another temple almost asmagnificent. After a savage war the Spaniards conqueredthe Incas, so that little by little their greatempire melted away. But a few of their de-scendants still live in this region. They weavers of woollen cloths, and ownherds of llamas and cattle. Lake Titicaca is nearly half as large as LakeOntario. Travelers now cross it in the natives use boats woven of rushes. Next to Chile, Peru is the leading country ofthe Andes. It lies mainly in the high , silver, cotton, and wool are the chief
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