Under the Southern cross in South America . he world. Experiments havebeen tried to introduce it into other countries, but without success;it will thrive nowhere else than here. A sort of gazelle named the vicuna, with long silken hair of apeculiar lustre, is also native to this region. Formerly its hair orwool was woven into royal robes and none but members of theimperial families was allowed to wear it. xA-t present much of thealpaca wool from Arequipa is handled by American firms andshipped to New York and Boston for manufacture. In the district surrounding Arequipa are several local indust
Under the Southern cross in South America . he world. Experiments havebeen tried to introduce it into other countries, but without success;it will thrive nowhere else than here. A sort of gazelle named the vicuna, with long silken hair of apeculiar lustre, is also native to this region. Formerly its hair orwool was woven into royal robes and none but members of theimperial families was allowed to wear it. xA-t present much of thealpaca wool from Arequipa is handled by American firms andshipped to New York and Boston for manufacture. In the district surrounding Arequipa are several local industriesincluding cotton factories and flour mills. It is beginning, too, to 172 UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS lay claim to being the chief mining center for the region extending upas far as Lake Titicaca. The rubber industry is also coming to thefront, and on the whole Arequipa and its neighborhood promises tobe one of the chief commercial locations, an emporium of a worldtrade that will have a great influence in the New South in theyears to CATHEDRAI. AND PLAZA, AREOUIPA
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