Around South America with a sample case . an In-dian sheep herder, and I would have given ten dol-lars for a picture as I saw it. He was perchedupon a boulder, and had I not been observant Iwould not have seen him, for rock, face, hands, feetand poncho were all the same shade of reddishbrown, and he was as motionless as the rock uponwhich he sat. It was at one of the switch-backs,and we were in sight of him for some time, but sofar as I could make out, he never batted an had I not passed within ten feet of him I woulddoubt the evidence of my senses. There is much terraced work in the m
Around South America with a sample case . an In-dian sheep herder, and I would have given ten dol-lars for a picture as I saw it. He was perchedupon a boulder, and had I not been observant Iwould not have seen him, for rock, face, hands, feetand poncho were all the same shade of reddishbrown, and he was as motionless as the rock uponwhich he sat. It was at one of the switch-backs,and we were in sight of him for some time, but sofar as I could make out, he never batted an had I not passed within ten feet of him I woulddoubt the evidence of my senses. There is much terraced work in the mountainsabove San Mateo, and we saw fields of wheat 13,000feet high, and looking at them I recall that Pres-cott tells us the Incas had a socialistic system thatwas interesting. All land belonged to the emperor,and when a man married he was given a certainsection of hillside for cultivation. Additionalground was handed over to him for each childborn, but if cultivation was compulsory I thinkit must have had a tendency to check the birth. AROUND SOUTH AMERICA WITH A SAMPLE CASE 47 rate, for one small section is all I would care totackle. It must have been a great system, for ifthe kid died dad lost a quarter section, and if hiswife ran away the old man would have to fish fora living, as they would commandeer all his prop-erty. We saw the first bunch of llamas at SanMateo, and they were certainly interesting. I wastold they could live on nothing and digest it sever-al times, and can exist without water longer thana camel. That he will cheerfully carry 100 lbs. onhfs back, but put 101 lbs. on him, and he proceedsto go to bed for the day. The pants could be kickedoff him, and he could lie cussed in Spanish, thelatter being specially effective, in vain. When theextra pound is taken off he will promptly arise andjoin the ranks. Evidently they know the game,for I can tell you every pound counts when eitherman or beast is 13,000 feet in the air. We reachedCasapalca at 3 :30, and I disc
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