Sight-seeing in South America . with the thumb protrudingbetween the first and second fingers, and all the fingersclosed, are hung before some stalls to keep away the evileye. In others they are on sale. Rural laborers pur-chase them as charms to ward ofl: evil. Four streets in Rio are deservedly famous, the AvenidaCentral (Rio Blanco). Avenida Mem de Sa, AvenidaBeira Mar. and the Ouvidor. No carriages or tramsare allowed on the latter, day or night. To constructMem de Sa, whole blocks of houses had to be removedand a high hill, Morro de Senado, cut away. An oldaqueduct crosses this avenue. Tw
Sight-seeing in South America . with the thumb protrudingbetween the first and second fingers, and all the fingersclosed, are hung before some stalls to keep away the evileye. In others they are on sale. Rural laborers pur-chase them as charms to ward ofl: evil. Four streets in Rio are deservedly famous, the AvenidaCentral (Rio Blanco). Avenida Mem de Sa, AvenidaBeira Mar. and the Ouvidor. No carriages or tramsare allowed on the latter, day or night. To constructMem de Sa, whole blocks of houses had to be removedand a high hill, Morro de Senado, cut away. An oldaqueduct crosses this avenue. Two tiers of arches sup-port the upper part on which, high in mid air, the Cor-covado electric cars are run. The double arches areused to give strength and height. This is one of the fewremaining evidences of Portuguese occupation. It is apart of the great water system built bv slave labor incolonial days. Pipes of modern construction convey thewater into the cit3^ but near the source of supply the oldaqueducts are still in Jill ,)//v., Mnry .Uarisoii Avenue of Royal Palms in Botanical Garden 200 Sight-Sceing in South America Of more than usual interest, with its varied and classi-fied plant life, are the Botanical Gardens. The cost ofreaching this location, which is true likewise of others,depends upon which streets the tram takes. To travelon a line, going through the most fashionable part ofthe city, costs more. Admission to the garden is only guard who knew English did not know it. Herepeated everything that. was said to him. \Mien weasked, Where is the mother of palms? he repeated asdistinctly as we asked it, Where is the mother ofpalms? and looked wise. He could speak English as aparrot speaks it and with as little understanding. Wehad the satisfaction of feeling that when he spoke Portu-guese he knew what he was talking about, and when wespoke English we knew what we were talking , there is nothing in this garden to direct astranger. In th
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