Sight-seeing in South America . Hi/ C. It. II The Loftily Located International Hotel The a(|uc(luct is suggestive of the old world. It isImih of granite with a semi-circular bottom four feetin width. At places it is partially beneath the at dlhers it is entirely above. It is ca]iped withgranite in the form of a roof. A tablet in front of thefountain of Carioca, near the Convent of San Antoiiit). 214 Sightsceing in South America above which is the reservoir, states that the work wasbegun in 1719 and finished in 1723. Tijuca is a neighboring mountain of similar height toCorcovado. Th
Sight-seeing in South America . Hi/ C. It. II The Loftily Located International Hotel The a(|uc(luct is suggestive of the old world. It isImih of granite with a semi-circular bottom four feetin width. At places it is partially beneath the at dlhers it is entirely above. It is ca]iped withgranite in the form of a roof. A tablet in front of thefountain of Carioca, near the Convent of San Antoiiit). 214 Sightsceing in South America above which is the reservoir, states that the work wasbegun in 1719 and finished in 1723. Tijuca is a neighboring mountain of similar height toCorcovado. Through its forest-covered sides have beencut park-Hke roads that climb to its summit. Automobilesof high power are used for making the ascent. A well-. By C. 11. ll<infy The Carioca Aqueduct Near the International Hotel known traveler writes that three things gave him thrillson his trip to South America, the Culebra Cut, the cross-ing of the Andes, and the automobile ride up Tijuca. Fifteen machines, of which three were repair machines,carried about sixty of our party up the mountain. Theautomobiles were mostly of European make, there beingbut one American machine in the number. The one inwhich I happened to ride was a ^Mercedes of eighty horse-power.
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