The Andes of southern Peru . at sunrise. Below the frost line theslopes were dark or covered with yellow barley and wheat stubbleor green alfalfa. It happened that the frost line was near the line of divisionbetween corn and potato cultivation and also near the line separat-ing the steep rough upper lands from the cultivable lower a habitation was in sight above us, except a few scatteredmiserable huts near broken terraces, gullied by wet-weatherstreams and grown up to weeds and brush. Below us were well-cultivated fields, and the stock was kept in bounds by stone fencesand corrals;
The Andes of southern Peru . at sunrise. Below the frost line theslopes were dark or covered with yellow barley and wheat stubbleor green alfalfa. It happened that the frost line was near the line of divisionbetween corn and potato cultivation and also near the line separat-ing the steep rough upper lands from the cultivable lower a habitation was in sight above us, except a few scatteredmiserable huts near broken terraces, gullied by wet-weatherstreams and grown up to weeds and brush. Below us were well-cultivated fields, and the stock was kept in bounds by stone fencesand corrals; above, the half-wild burros and mules roamed abouteverywhere, and only the sheep and llamas were in rude enclo-sures. Thus in a half hour we passed the frontier between theagricultural folk below the frost line and the shepherd folk aboveit. In a few spots the line followed an irregular course, as whereflatter lands were developed at unusual elevations or where airdrainage altered the normal temperature. And at one place the. Fio. 27.
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