The earth and its inhabitants .. . firmlj establishedin Peru than in the other South American republics. Class differences, far morethan diversity of origin, separate the urban from the impoverished rural popu-lations as widely as if they were two distinct nations. This lack of cohesionconstitutes a great danger, and was one of the factors that in the late conflictassured the triumph of the Chilian forces, animated hy a more developed nationalsentiment. 816 SOUTU AMEEICA—THE ANDES fiEOlONS. VII. Topography. In her northern provinces Peru has no cities to rival the Ecuadorean seaportof Guayaqui
The earth and its inhabitants .. . firmlj establishedin Peru than in the other South American republics. Class differences, far morethan diversity of origin, separate the urban from the impoverished rural popu-lations as widely as if they were two distinct nations. This lack of cohesionconstitutes a great danger, and was one of the factors that in the late conflictassured the triumph of the Chilian forces, animated hy a more developed nationalsentiment. 816 SOUTU AMEEICA—THE ANDES fiEOlONS. VII. Topography. In her northern provinces Peru has no cities to rival the Ecuadorean seaportof Guayaquil iu eouiincrcial importance. Tumbez, sighted by vessels comingfrom the south, before penetrating into the Jambeli channel, at the entrance ofGuayaquil bay, is more interesting for its historic memories than for itsexchanges. Here the first Spanish adventurers landed in the year 1028, at whichtime this city of the Incas possessed a strong fortress, a paluce, a wealthy temple, Fig. 120.—TunBEZ ASD ITS 1 : 790, 80°50- West or G^enwirVi ninSFaUioms. 5 to J5Fathoms Depths. 2a to 60Fathoms. 50 Fathomsand upwards. IS Miles. and a convent of the Vestals of the Sun. At present it has little to showexcept its low houses threatened by the sands ; and the Rio Tumbez, descendingfrom the auriferous Zuruma regions, no longer feeds the network of irrigatingrills which formerly ramified to a great distance over the surrounding Tumbez the beach shoals so gradually that the shipping has to ride at anchora long way off the coast. West of the Amatope Pitch Hills the port of Talara has recently beenfounded by some capitalists interested in the petroleum industry. An under-ground conduit, 7 miles long, fed by pumping gear capable of raising 1,000 tonsof petroleum in a day, conveys the oil from the wells of Nc(jri(os to the Talara TOPOGBAPHY OF PEEU. 317 reservoirs, while another conduit supplies the water required for the works andfor the surrounding gardens.
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