CHLAMYPHORUS.
2/3 the Natural Size.
FOOTNOTES:
[68] The word Cuyo, according to Angelis, in the Araucanian language signifies arena, or sand, which is the general character of the soil.
[69] The cactus, which is found in every variety throughout the province of Cuyo, abounds in the neighbourhood of San Luis, and the natives collect the cochineal from it, and make it into cakes, which they use in dying their ponchos.
[70] Although from June to December it is either wholly or partially covered with snow, I have seen it in the month of May wholly bare, when only a few days before there had been heavy falls of snow on the Cumbre, or central ridge, &c. I mention these facts to show that Tupungato cannot attain a higher level than that assigned to the limit of perpetual congelation, which in this latitude to about 15,000 feet, though, from the known height of the Cumbre, and its supposed elevation above the central ridge, I am disposed to conclude that its actual elevation cannot be far short of 16,000 feet (Miers).
[71] Dr. Gillies says where the Diamante joins it, it is called the Salado.
[72] In the more southern parts of the province, in the direction of the Diamante, corn may be grown without the labour and expense of artificial irrigation, the rains which fall there being sufficient to render it unnecessary.
[73] The dried fruits of figs, peaches, apples, nuts, olives, &c.