| Show GREEN GRCEN SPOTS IN wilderness relieve the De of desert of northern chile northern Norl Nort lern chile which v ln ch is so larg largely gely mountain or desert Is generally regarded as a forbidden wilderness but lit in spite of its natural desolation that tha landscape Ilie a scene of great beauty beauly under the sort softening ening hues bues of 0 sunset arid and here and there in the wiste waste of 0 sand and salt may be found b by y looking tor foil them a number of oases the most conspicuous ot of which are rica pica and matilla ilat llla these oases are supplied with water from the hf h andes but the ii streams that support their life are not certainly known it has been found that in various parts of of f lie he great atacama d seit tile the earth underneath the surface f ice layer of sand or salt is sufficiently moist to grow crops capillary nt at li action spreading tile the water through the soil the la inless atacama Ata cania desert is the scene ot of the greatest indus try iry of its kand kl antl in fit the world 31 elding encin notis is quantities of nitrates used to 0 o enrich the fields of europe and the united states the oases cases play a very important Import int economic role roe in oie industries of the region supplying vegetables arid and foodstuffs for the support of the workmen alfalfa for the cattle and various fruits and also serving as a producers tor for the nitrate works which require muth fuel there la no part of 0 the world where agriculture Is more extensively car lieu bleil on oil than in these green spots in tire the atacama el esert desert ZI zion on s herald |
