Page 11, line 22, and in all other instances, _for_ L_o_rin _read_ L_u_rin. 22, ” 7, _for_ Pelli_si_er _read_ Pelli_c_er. 25, ” 15, _for_ Ma_n_ano _read_ Ma_ri_ano. 42, ” 18, _for_ pa_t_illas _read_ pa_l_illas. 72, ” 2, _for_ co_j_ollo _read_ co_g_ollo. 84, ” 9, _for_ en cima _read_ e_nc_ima. 111, ” 12, _for_ ta_rr_ea read ta_r_ea. 135, ” 4, _for_ hon_or_ada _read_ hon_r_ada. 150, ” 5, _for_ 23rd of June _read_ 24th of June. 201, ” 20, _for_ Quich_o_a _read_ Quich_u_a. 204, ” 11, and in all other instances, _for_ la_ss_os _read_ la_z_os. 212, ” 5, &c. _for_ pr_e_micia _read_ pr_i_micia. 257, ” 12, _for_ Ve_r_ugas, _read_ Ve_rr_ugas. 298, ” 3, &c. _for_ Cocacha_cer_a _read_ Cocacha_cr_a. Transcriber’s Note: The errata have been corrected but otherwise the original spelling (in both English and Spanish) has been preserved. PERU AS IT IS. CHAPTER I. Boundaries of the Peruvian Republic.—General appearance and climate of the coast.—Seasons divided into Wet and Dry.—Vegetation.—Lunar influence.—Enervating effects of the climate of Lima. Modern Peru is bounded on the north by the Republic of the Equator; on the south by the Republic of Bolivia; on the east by the Portuguese territories, or Brazil; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The coast of the Republic of Peru extends along the shores of the Pacific from the river Loa, which is the southern boundary that divides it from Bolivia, to the river Tumbez, which divides it on the north from Guayaquil, or the Republic of the Equator. All this extent of coast, from 3° 30´ to 21° 30´ south latitude, is naturally a desert, intersected by several rivers, of greater or less magnitude, that descend along narrow mountain-glens of the Andes to the Pacific Ocean. Many of these rivers are dried up for several months in the year; while others, of larger size, carry a perennial stream, swelling during the rainy season in the inland country, and are never seen to shrink so much in time of drought in the elevated regions from whence they spring, as not to supply the means of irrigating and beautifying the maritime vales through which they flow as they approach the ocean.