. The earth and its inhabitants ... ^ The aqueducts are also remarkable monumentsof those halcyon times, and the dammed-up lakes, fed by the snows of theAndacahua Sierra, now yield far more water than is required by the inhabitants, TOPOGRAPHY OF BOLIVIA. 387 and for the reduction of the ores. In the neighbourhood of Potosi are somemineral waters. Sucre, which at the beginning of 1892 was still the official capital of Bolivia,lies like Potosi in the upper Pilcomayo basin, but on the opposite slope and at amuch lower elevation (8,850 feet). It was owing to this relatively moderatealtitude that
. The earth and its inhabitants ... ^ The aqueducts are also remarkable monumentsof those halcyon times, and the dammed-up lakes, fed by the snows of theAndacahua Sierra, now yield far more water than is required by the inhabitants, TOPOGRAPHY OF BOLIVIA. 387 and for the reduction of the ores. In the neighbourhood of Potosi are somemineral waters. Sucre, which at the beginning of 1892 was still the official capital of Bolivia,lies like Potosi in the upper Pilcomayo basin, but on the opposite slope and at amuch lower elevation (8,850 feet). It was owing to this relatively moderatealtitude that it owed its importance during the flourishing days of Potosi, whosewealthy inhabitants had made it a health resort and place of rest. At that timeit bore the Quichua name of Chuquichaca {Chuquisaca), that is, Golden Bridge,a name suggestive of the boundless mineral treasures of this region. It also bore Fig. 146.—Potosi and 1 : 2,000,
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