. The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America. Section of a Burial-tower at Sillustani. Atmaka Indians. 459. Quichua Woman, Cerro de Pasco. (From a Photograph.) they remain distinct. In Piino, the few Qnichnas keep tothe north side of the city; the rest are Aymaras. Theentire population in Peru and Bolivia is abont half a mill-ion, the majority living in Bolivia. They are a pastoralpeople. What else could they be in a land without tim-ber or corn ? Like the Quichuas, they are almost entirelyvegetarian in diet, yet hardy, compactly built, with large 4:60 The Andes and t

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. The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America. Section of a Burial-tower at Sillustani. Atmaka Indians. 459. Quichua Woman, Cerro de Pasco. (From a Photograph.) they remain distinct. In Piino, the few Qnichnas keep tothe north side of the city; the rest are Aymaras. Theentire population in Peru and Bolivia is abont half a mill-ion, the majority living in Bolivia. They are a pastoralpeople. What else could they be in a land without tim-ber or corn ? Like the Quichuas, they are almost entirelyvegetarian in diet, yet hardy, compactly built, with large 4:60 The Andes and the Amazons. heads, broad shoulders, long bodies, short arms and legs,and small feet. Though of short stature, I noticed morepowerful men than among the Quichuas; but the womenare not so good-looking. The complexion is dark brown,the dwellers on the dry table-lands being darker thanthose in the moist valleys. The body is darker than tlie

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