. The adventures of a tropical tramp. ^. A Newspaper Correspondent 83 old times does not indicate a high standardof moraUty, but merelj^ a hick of between husband and wife—and theterms are broadly used, for the wedding cer-emony is practically unkno^m among the lowerclasses—one sees no indication of affection. Andtoward the white man, ever since the days ofPizarro and his swashbuckling conquistadoreSyboth men and women cherish only the mongrel dogs which infest every An-dean callage will slink away at the white man^sapproach. In Tarma, on the following day, I succ


. The adventures of a tropical tramp. ^. A Newspaper Correspondent 83 old times does not indicate a high standardof moraUty, but merelj^ a hick of between husband and wife—and theterms are broadly used, for the wedding cer-emony is practically unkno^m among the lowerclasses—one sees no indication of affection. Andtoward the white man, ever since the days ofPizarro and his swashbuckling conquistadoreSyboth men and women cherish only the mongrel dogs which infest every An-dean callage will slink away at the white man^sapproach. In Tarma, on the following day, I succeededin hiring a rat-colored little mule which Turk,for humorous reasons which I later discovered,had already nicknamed *^ Flying Fannie!^From all outward appearances, she was such anexcellent little beast that I neglected to look un-der the saddle. That saddle, however, covered amultitude of sins, for the S. P. C. A. is not activein Peru, and the Peruvians show as much consid-eration for their dumb brutes as might be ex-pected of t


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