Under the Southern cross in South America . ir babies resembles a caterwauling competition of fightingfelines on a back fence at midnight. The wares are many and edibles consist of fruits, roots and grains from the plateau,as well as the produce of the nearest valleys which enjoy a warmertemperature. There were apples, pears, peaches, grapes, parchedcorn, beans, dried peas and coca. It is said that the coca habit is asgeneral among the Bolivians as is that of the opium habit with theChinese. I must not forget to mention potatoes, which were pre-pared and presented in many ways, in f
Under the Southern cross in South America . ir babies resembles a caterwauling competition of fightingfelines on a back fence at midnight. The wares are many and edibles consist of fruits, roots and grains from the plateau,as well as the produce of the nearest valleys which enjoy a warmertemperature. There were apples, pears, peaches, grapes, parchedcorn, beans, dried peas and coca. It is said that the coca habit is asgeneral among the Bolivians as is that of the opium habit with theChinese. I must not forget to mention potatoes, which were pre-pared and presented in many ways, in fact in so many, that I thinkevery jwssible style must have been exhausted. What they called pre-served potatoes are cubes of the esculent which have been exposed tothe air until all the juice or moisture has been evaporated. Thesechips have the appearance of pieces of withered cork and werewholly insipid and tasteless. Textile fabrics, weaves and embroideries, fashioned by nativehands and many of excellent workmanship were also on sale and. ^^^^ _^.:__ ? ^ SELLING CHUNO, OR FROZEN POTATOES, LA PAZ
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