The American tropics; . es and gentle-men. It reminded me of the old roues at [99] The American Tropics the Grand Opera House in Paris, very out ofkeeping with the callow period of youth. As to the hotels (and I mention them withregret) there are the Gran Hotel, the GranHotel Klint, and the Gran Hotel de Vene-zuela, each in some respects worse than theother. But the statement that Whoer has traveird lifes dull round,Whereer his stages may have been,May sigh to think he still has foundThe warmest welcome at an inn! is abundant evidence that Shenstone neverwas entertained at an inn in Venezuela.
The American tropics; . es and gentle-men. It reminded me of the old roues at [99] The American Tropics the Grand Opera House in Paris, very out ofkeeping with the callow period of youth. As to the hotels (and I mention them withregret) there are the Gran Hotel, the GranHotel Klint, and the Gran Hotel de Vene-zuela, each in some respects worse than theother. But the statement that Whoer has traveird lifes dull round,Whereer his stages may have been,May sigh to think he still has foundThe warmest welcome at an inn! is abundant evidence that Shenstone neverwas entertained at an inn in Johnson, the great patron of inns,must have palled had he visited Caracas. The shopping tendency was not generallygratified in the South American a few Panama hats and some oldpieces of jewelry were picked up, but so fewtourists invade this mountain stronghold ofdiscomfort that the merchant was scarcelyalive to the lucrative possibilities of touristtraffic. Fakirswere there in abundance, as [100]. The American Tropics mountains, and neighboring peaks, penetrat-ing, and visible above, a stratum of cloud,looked like islands on an undulating sea ofmist. The clear tones from the Campanilebelow announced the hour of seven and inthirty-four minutes the ** special wasthreading its way to the sea. From the impressions obtained in a shortvisit one is not surprised that the main utili-ties of the Republic are controlled by for-eigners. The great Venezuelan Railway,connecting Caracas with Valencia, a distanceof about ninety miles, is owned by difficulties of railway construction inVenezuela may be realized when one consid-ers that it took six years of assiduous laborto complete the road. There are eighty-sixtunnels and two hundred and twelve what had been said about the longtrip I undertook it with some misgivings,but was agreeably surprised to find modernday coaches with glass windows and comfort-able, cane-upholstered seats. [102] A Midwi
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