CHAPTER IX.

The Coast southward of Lima--Chilca--Curious Cigar cases made there--Yauyos--Pisco--Journey to Yea--A night on the Sand Plains--Fatal Catastrophe in the year 1823--Vine Plantations at Yea--Brandy and Wine--Don Domingo Elias--Vessels for transporting Brandy (Botijas and Odres)--Cruel mode of skinning Goats--Negro Carnival--Peculiar species of Guinea Pig--The Salamanqueja--Cotton Plantations--Quebrada of Huaitara--Sangallan--Guano--Retrospect of the Peruvian Coast--Rivers--Medanos--Winds--Change of Seasons--The Garuas--The Lomas--Mammalia--Birds--Amphibia 160