verance, and today they are well-to-do  and pros¬
perous members of a prosperous community.

A  GUIDE TO  PERU.

Tumbes is a small town of 2200 inhabitants, on
the Tumbes River, and situated on the boundary
line between Peru and Ecuador. It has in the
neighborhood some extensive petroleum deposits,
which are now being rapidly developed. At Zor-
ritos, close by, an important refinery has been suc¬
cessfully worked for many vears past.

It was near to Tumbes that Pizarro first landed,
at a spot known as Comendador Creek, 25 miles
south. Tumbes was then a flourishing town, and
the ruins of a once famous temple are still to be
seen in the vicinity.

PAITA (population about 3500) is 120 miles
south of Tumbles, and in point of commerce is
the third largest port of Peru. It possesses a
hotel, a theater, churches, etc.; and there is a rail¬
way to Piura, the capitol of the department some
60 miles   (by rail)   inland.

PIURA is the most important town in the
north and is the centre of the cotton-growing in¬
dustry of Peru. It has some 10,000 inhabitants,
a branch of the bank of Callao, Chamber of Com¬
merce, and other public buildings, and possesses
a very dry and salubrious climate; on this latter
account it is much visited by persons suffering
from rheumatism and similar ailments, the
method of cure resorted to there having proved
very beneficial. There are several very extensive
cotton estates traversed by the railway, which, to
those interested in cotton culture would well re¬
pay a visit.    Trains run daily.

There is also an extension of the line from
Piura to Catacaos, 6 miles distant, and one of the

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