. The adventures of a tropical tramp. n, and which have more than once in dayspast laid the neighboring villages in ruins. These superstitions in regard to the mountaindate back to prehistoric times. The ruins ofancient pagan temples have been found withinthe crater of the volcano, and even to-day one maysee near the top a great iron cross placed therein 1677, when a party of Spanish priests exorcisedthe mountain and prayed that it would not eruptagain and ruin their city. On a road that passesbelow its base to-day there are two heaps ofstones about a half-mile apart, and the Indianswho pass t
. The adventures of a tropical tramp. n, and which have more than once in dayspast laid the neighboring villages in ruins. These superstitions in regard to the mountaindate back to prehistoric times. The ruins ofancient pagan temples have been found withinthe crater of the volcano, and even to-day one maysee near the top a great iron cross placed therein 1677, when a party of Spanish priests exorcisedthe mountain and prayed that it would not eruptagain and ruin their city. On a road that passesbelow its base to-day there are two heaps ofstones about a half-mile apart, and the Indianswho pass that way religiously carry a stone fromone pile and deposit it on the other, according toan ancient custom that has survived all modemteaching. These Indians believe that by the per-formance of this rite they appease the mountainfor their insolence in approaching so close to itssacred person. On the second days ride, from Arequipa toJuliaca, the scenery improved, yet it neverequaled in grandeur the mountains crossed by ^tu^-5 ^^. raN-. MOST INTERESTING OF ALL IS THE OLD FORTRESS OF SACSA- HUAMAN
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