. Exploration of the valley of the Amazon : made under direction of the Navy Department by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon . ^*»«I?««««NJ,,«B5^ •**V»o^^ MINER. CE MO PASCO I Jiiyero3ir. ORE C AMTER, CERIO PAS C 0. Warner &¥c, Gm^aiisMTMa,- THE ROAD. 113 July 15.—We got alfalfa for our mules, but it is now gettingvery scarce. The valley, after leaving San Rafael, is very narrow, andthe road rises and falls along the bare flanks of the mountains. Thecharacter of the rock is a dark schist; the growth, willows—palmachristi—maguey, (a species of cactus, with a very long, broad, yetsharp-
. Exploration of the valley of the Amazon : made under direction of the Navy Department by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon . ^*»«I?««««NJ,,«B5^ •**V»o^^ MINER. CE MO PASCO I Jiiyero3ir. ORE C AMTER, CERIO PAS C 0. Warner &¥c, Gm^aiisMTMa,- THE ROAD. 113 July 15.—We got alfalfa for our mules, but it is now gettingvery scarce. The valley, after leaving San Rafael, is very narrow, andthe road rises and falls along the bare flanks of the mountains. Thecharacter of the rock is a dark schist; the growth, willows—palmachristi—maguey, (a species of cactus, with a very long, broad, yetsharp-pointed leaf,) which throws out from the centre of a clump ofleaves a light stalk of three or four inches diameter at the base, andfrequently thirty feet in height. This flowers towards the top, and bearsa sort of nut-like fruit. The stem is much used for roofing houses, andthe broad, thick leaves serve for thatch. We shot at condors hovering over a dead mule, and saw a smallhawk of variegated and pretty plumage, of a species which we hadbefore seen near Oroya. About ten miles from San Rafael we werecrossing the highest part of the chain. An opening in the mountainst
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