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 . progress over the paramo that itwas considerably after dark before we reached thepicturesque old stone bridge of Yscuchaca, re-crossed the Mantaro, and clattered over the cobble-stones of this well-built little town. We had rather flattered ourselves that no onehere knew we were coming and so we had avoidedan official reception and all possible attacks on ourdigestive faculties. But we had to pay for it byfinding that it took nearly two hours lon
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 . progress over the paramo that itwas considerably after dark before we reached thepicturesque old stone bridge of Yscuchaca, re-crossed the Mantaro, and clattered over the cobble-stones of this well-built little town. We had rather flattered ourselves that no onehere knew we were coming and so we had avoidedan official reception and all possible attacks on ourdigestive faculties. But we had to pay for it byfinding that it took nearly two hours longer thanusual before we were able to secure any accommo-dations whatsoever for the night. The Gobernadorof Yscuchaca lived a mile or more out of town on hiscountry estate, and learning finally that there weretwo distinguished foreigners in town, sent hishead servant to welcome us, gave us the use of aroom in his town house, provided our mules withpasturage, and the next morning charged us threetimes the regular tariff. I regret to say that we tookadvantage of the absence of the Gobernador to payhis major-domo what our sergeant told us was the. AYACUCHO TO LIMA 369 legitimate price and left him wondering why he hadnot been able to overcharge us as he had certainAmerican civil engineers who had been here not longbefore, surveying for the extension of the centralrailway of Peru. At present, that railway, begun many years ago,goes from Lima to Oroya and thence south toHuancayo which is nearly fifty miles from Yscu-chaca. It is proposed now to continue it from Huan-cayo to Yscuchaca and thence due south to Huan-cavelica where there are mines of quicksilver andcopper. Eventually it will form one of the links inthe chain of the Pan-American Railway. Our mules were pretty tired and so were we, butwhen one is on the home stretch it is easy to travelfrom early to late. We rose before five oclock. Ourroad first crossed the Mantaro, ascended the leftbank of the stream for several miles, p
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