Through South America's southland; with an account of the Roosevelt Scientific Expedition to South America . the Strait ofMagellan to the wilderness of Matto Grosso. They havealso distinguished themselves as explorers, naturalists,ethnologists and, in this respect, have nobly continued thefruitful labors of Falkner, Menendez, Montoya, Eivero andSobraviela. In Colombia they are assuaging the suffer-ings and relieving the miseries of more than two thou-sand lepers. And everywhere—whether in the bleak plainsof Tierra del Fuego, or in the chilly uplands of Bolivia,or in the sultry sertdos of Matto
Through South America's southland; with an account of the Roosevelt Scientific Expedition to South America . the Strait ofMagellan to the wilderness of Matto Grosso. They havealso distinguished themselves as explorers, naturalists,ethnologists and, in this respect, have nobly continued thefruitful labors of Falkner, Menendez, Montoya, Eivero andSobraviela. In Colombia they are assuaging the suffer-ings and relieving the miseries of more than two thou-sand lepers. And everywhere—whether in the bleak plainsof Tierra del Fuego, or in the chilly uplands of Bolivia,or in the sultry sertdos of Matto Grosso—theirs is ever awork of love. In the rancho of the savage, or in the lazar-etto of the plague-stricken, there is the same zeal and cheer-fulness as in the village parish or in the city college orseminary. Everywhere they feel that they are workingin the Masters vineyard and everywhere, therefore, theyare contented and happy. During the nine days I spent in Corumba, I had an ex-cellent opportunity of studying the admirable work whichthe children of Don Bosco are, everywhere in South Amer- 434. Sisters of Maria Ausiliatrice TeachingBoROROS Children.
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