Across South America; an account of a journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí, with notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru . Oneof our neighbors brought freshly cut barley-strawfor the mules, another brought a dozen eggs, andwith the aid of our own supplies and cooking utensils,we fared splendidly. The night was excessively damp and as bitterlycold as it can be only in a genuinely tropical coun-try when the temperature drops forty degrees afterthe sun goes down and an icy wind penetrates yourvery bones, even though you have hurriedly put ontwo or three sweaters and a c
Across South America; an account of a journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí, with notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru . Oneof our neighbors brought freshly cut barley-strawfor the mules, another brought a dozen eggs, andwith the aid of our own supplies and cooking utensils,we fared splendidly. The night was excessively damp and as bitterlycold as it can be only in a genuinely tropical coun-try when the temperature drops forty degrees afterthe sun goes down and an icy wind penetrates yourvery bones, even though you have hurriedly put ontwo or three sweaters and a couple of ponchos as itgrew dark. There is no cold like the cold of the trop-ics. Furthermore the carcass of a recently killedsheep hung dripping in the hut. The floor was wetand muddy, there were no windows and only a smalldoor. We wished we had a tent. There being no incentive to linger at this charm-ing country-house, our Indians were actually upand away before six oclock. We had saved foureggs the evening before to be cooked for our break-fast, and after loading our pack animals and seeingthem safely off with all our supplies, we handed our. URUMYOSI
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