. The adventures of a tropical tramp. -sidered it second to Lima among the big cities ofthe world, with New York, London, and possiblyParis pushing it for second place. Of Lima, theyhad heard much from Peruvian of these travelers had informed them thatLima contained as many as three hundred auto-n^biles, most of which had been made by anAmerican named Ford, but this was unbelievable. They told us all about Iquitos. Onle of itsstreets, they said, was paved with something thatlooked like stone. One of its buildings had threestories, one on top of another. And the beautifulwomen! Oh
. The adventures of a tropical tramp. -sidered it second to Lima among the big cities ofthe world, with New York, London, and possiblyParis pushing it for second place. Of Lima, theyhad heard much from Peruvian of these travelers had informed them thatLima contained as many as three hundred auto-n^biles, most of which had been made by anAmerican named Ford, but this was unbelievable. They told us all about Iquitos. Onle of itsstreets, they said, was paved with something thatlooked like stone. One of its buildings had threestories, one on top of another. And the beautifulwomen! Oh, boy! or its Peruvian equivalent!They wore no rings in the nose like the Indianladies of the jungle; instead, they soaked them-selves in a violet-scented perfume that could besmelled a hundred yards away. In the morning, having somehow lived through,the night, we came to the junction of the Ucayaliwith the Maranon, forming the Amazon. Fromthis point we were but eight hours run from Iqui-tos. The crew indulged in another -K .^
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