Sight-seeing in South America . - with large bunches of ranks first among American countries in theproduction of wine. The industry is retarded onlx l)vthe excessive freight rates to Ikienos Aires. 112 SigJit-Seeiiig in South America Ahead of us, as we left Mendoza, were great, white-capped peaks, the height of which is reahzed best by re-membering that the snow hne in this part of the Andes. By ]V. A. NeUvi, The Cog Rail is above fourteen thousand feet. The road chmbs up thegorge of the Mendoza River, and along the old Andean Across the Andes 113 trail, over which for centuri
Sight-seeing in South America . - with large bunches of ranks first among American countries in theproduction of wine. The industry is retarded onlx l)vthe excessive freight rates to Ikienos Aires. 112 SigJit-Seeiiig in South America Ahead of us, as we left Mendoza, were great, white-capped peaks, the height of which is reahzed best by re-membering that the snow hne in this part of the Andes. By ]V. A. NeUvi, The Cog Rail is above fourteen thousand feet. The road chmbs up thegorge of the Mendoza River, and along the old Andean Across the Andes 113 trail, over which for centuries the Indians had the steepness increases, the Abt system of cogs isnsed, by which tripHcate sets of engine teeth cHnch therail in the center of the track. The road crosses gorgesand ravines, passes through tunnels, clings to the side ofprecipices, and continuall}- zigzags higher, so that thelength of the road is four times its air line. There iswildness, grandeur, and magnificence everywhere. Therocks here have something of the coloring of those ofthe Grand Canyon of the Arizona, although it is not sovivid. At Punta de Abacas can be seen to the left the volcanoTupungato, which has a height of about 22,000 on to the left appears a group of towering-rocks to which the Spaniards have given the name of The larger rocks suggest a cathedral, whilethe smaller ones look
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