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Title: Exploration of the valley of the Amazon
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857 United States. Navy Dept Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 Mann, Horace, 1796-1859 Gibbon, Lardner
Subjects: Amazon River Valley -- Description and travel Brazil -- Description and travel Peru -- Description and travel Bolivia -- Description and travel America -- Discovery and exploration
Publisher: Washington, R. Armstrong (etc.) Public Printer
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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uailas, we see the vnld cherry tree for the firsttime in South America. After sundown, the bright pink light, whichoften attracts attention at Lima, and sometimes alarms the natives, ap-pears not unlike the aurora borealis, rising far above the Cordilleras inthe west, while the bright moon lights our path over the Andes tothe east. In Andahuailas we joined the sub-prefect and family atbreakfast. Our baggage was placed in a large room, and mules in thecorral. If hospitality was not quite so highly seasoned with hot pepperit would go down easier. The rough life on the mountains agreeswith body and mind much better than the luxuries of the valley seemto do. This town has a population of fifteen hundred; mostly Indians. Thevalley contains six thousand. There is a great deal of poverty. Thecultivated portions of land seem to be over populated. Deaf anddumb lounge about. A good-looking woman, with a baby in her arms,came to my door begging for bread. Her intelligent face was sad. •;«- %-
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MESTIZO SHOEMAKER. 33 When I gave her money, the poor creature nearly bent on her kneesbefore us. • My gun-cover wanted repairs; and while applying to amestizo shoemaker, with three or four apprentices, the sub-prefect joinedme. I unguardedly told him what I wished, and remarked that theman had so much business he could not repair it in time, when I wasastonished to hear the sub-prefect order him in a loud and passionateway to do the work. The shoemaker pointed to the large amount ofwork on hand, and said he could not possibly attend to it; when he wasat once ordered to do what he was told by the next morning, and tobring it to the government house. The cover was repaired, and shoe-maker paid. Afterwards I was more careful. There are abandoned silver mines five leagues south, one of which hasbeen re-opened by a North American—Charles Stone. I did not seehim, but understood he hopes to work profitably. The productions of the valley are maize, barley, wheat, lucerne, beanspotatoes,

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