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dry & desert as at Payta with no sign of vegetation + the coast is a series of bold cliffs.  Weather slightly hazy & cool with no view of the mountain ranges of the interior.  Departed from Eten at noon & steamed south on a cool choppy sea in [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] bracing air to Pacasmayon where we arrived at 5 P.M. & began unloading & receiving cargo at once. 
^[[On the beach of Pascamayo several reed boats made of bundles of [[underlined]] [[Scirpens?]] [[/underlined]] could be seen.]]
[[strikethrough]] No [[/strikethrough]] The town in part is in a [[strikethrough]] st [[strikethrough]] open semi circle of coast with a steel wharf extending a hundred yds or more into the sea.  The steamers lay far out & discharge cargo into lighters as at Eten.  A few green mesquite like bushes were seen on the sandunes behind the town but most of the coast was quite barren & brown & innocent of vegetation.  Fifteen or twenty miles behind the town steep mountains cloud the landscape [[strikethrough]] but t [[/strikethrough]] owing to the cloudy weather. Several women came aboard with fruit for sail.  They had many 

Transcription Notes:
first mention of the port of Pascamayo is spelled "Pascamayon", which is left as written. Thereafter it is correctly spelled "Pacasamayo" Heller consistently spelled "sale" as "sail" as in the last line {"with fruit for sail." It is left as written--thomasc