Three Vassar girls in South America : a holiday trip of three college girls through the southern continent, up the Amazon, down the Madeira, across the Andes, and up the Pacific coast to Panama . SENHOR THE FAX EN DA DA SUAA. 95 Panama liat and suit of spotless white linen, lie shook handswarmly with the Professor, gave one arm to Mrs. Holmes and one toVictoria, and did his best to answer all the questions that were rainedupon him. The fazcnda was a new purchase. He had heard of it atPara and had immediately become its half owner with the Baron ofBoavista. Taking into account t
Three Vassar girls in South America : a holiday trip of three college girls through the southern continent, up the Amazon, down the Madeira, across the Andes, and up the Pacific coast to Panama . SENHOR THE FAX EN DA DA SUAA. 95 Panama liat and suit of spotless white linen, lie shook handswarmly with the Professor, gave one arm to Mrs. Holmes and one toVictoria, and did his best to answer all the questions that were rainedupon him. The fazcnda was a new purchase. He had heard of it atPara and had immediately become its half owner with the Baron ofBoavista. Taking into account the fact that he had only been on thespot two weeks he had really accomplished wonders. There liailbeen a saw-mill here, but w^ork had been discontinued either fromwant of capital or lack of enterprise; but enough of both were nowto be supplied, and he took them into the long, low building andshowed them the new steam machinery which had been substitutedfor the clumsy water power. He had purchased, he said, a littlecargo steamer which he had sent up the river to Diamantina, andItaiuba for logs. He intended to interest the Indians in the collec-tion of the choice varieties, and to form wood yards at various point
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