Although the fame of the Chicama valley outshines that of other sugar-growing districts of Trujillo, there are large and rich plantations also in the valleys of Jequetepeque, or Pacasmayo, to the north, and in Santa Catalina and Moche to the south. A railway connects the seaport of Pacasmayo with the sugar lands and rice fields of the interior, extending fifty miles to Guadalupe and Yonan, on the road to Cajamarca. The province of Pacasmayo, which adjoins that of Trujillo, has about five thousand acres under cultivation in sugar-cane, and its rice harvest yields one hundred thousand sacks annually. The valleys of Santa Catalina and Moche are connected with Trujillo by a branch of the main railway from Salaverry, which extends from Trujillo to Laredo, Galindo, and Menocucho, passing through plantations of sugar, rice, and other products. The annual exports of sugar from the port of Salaverry amount to about fifty thousand tons and those from Huanchaco average between twenty-five thousand and thirty thousand tons. An important share of these shipments goes to North American ports. [Illustration: PARK OF LA LIBERTAD, TRUJILLO.] The Department of La Libertad is composed of six provinces, those of Trujillo and Pacasmayo bordering the Pacific Ocean, while the remaining four—Otuzco, Santiago de Chuco, Huamachuco, and Pataz—are situated in the region of the sierra. The Marañon River divides the province of Huamachuco from that of Pataz, and in its lower valleys the climate of the Montaña prevails, coffee, sugar, and cacao being produced. Coca is one of the important products of this department, and cocaine is manufactured in Trujillo for shipment to foreign ports. On the high _puna_, abundant pasture is found, and, in the lower sierra, wheat, barley, maize, and potatoes are cultivated. The southern districts of the province of Trujillo contain saline deposits of importance. [Illustration: ADMINISTRATION HOUSE OF A SUGAR ESTATE IN THE CHICAMA VALLEY.]