The Andes of southern Peru . Fig. 63. Fig. 63—The deep fertile Majes Valley below Cantas. Compare with Fig. 6 show-ing the Chili Valley at Arequipa. Fig. 64—The Majes Valley, desert coast, western Peru. The lighter patches on thevalley floor are the gravel beds of the river at high water. Much of the alluvial landis still uncleared. THE COASTAL DESERT 111 might also be included in the picture. The head of the Majes Val-ley is a vast hollow bordered by cliffs hundreds of feet high, andwe reached the rim of it only a few minutes before sunset. I remember that we halted beside a great wooden cros
The Andes of southern Peru . Fig. 63. Fig. 63—The deep fertile Majes Valley below Cantas. Compare with Fig. 6 show-ing the Chili Valley at Arequipa. Fig. 64—The Majes Valley, desert coast, western Peru. The lighter patches on thevalley floor are the gravel beds of the river at high water. Much of the alluvial landis still uncleared. THE COASTAL DESERT 111 might also be included in the picture. The head of the Majes Val-ley is a vast hollow bordered by cliffs hundreds of feet high, andwe reached the rim of it only a few minutes before sunset. I remember that we halted beside a great wooden cross andthat our guide, dismounting, walked up to the foot of it and kissedand embraced it after the custom of the mountain folk when theyreach the head of a steep cuesta. Also that the trail seemedto drop off like a stairway, which indeed it was.^ Everything elseabout me was completely overshadowed by snowy mountains, col-ored sky, and golden-yellow desert. One could almost forget thedark clouds that gather around the great mass of
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