. The adventures of a tropical tramp. eir backs in course, greasybraids, and on their heads white-felt mannishPanama-like hats. Their faces were Indian-featured, ruddy and red-cheeked from the coolmountain air, and their expressions solemn andunsmiling. , When they walked, it was with a Ion. swinginggallop, ungraceful and flat-footed—^a system oflocomotion inherited from their mountain-climb-ing ancestors, which, when transferred to themore level country of the foothills, gave one theridiculous impression that they were still tryingto skip from peak to peak. Every woman had a sha
. The adventures of a tropical tramp. eir backs in course, greasybraids, and on their heads white-felt mannishPanama-like hats. Their faces were Indian-featured, ruddy and red-cheeked from the coolmountain air, and their expressions solemn andunsmiling. , When they walked, it was with a Ion. swinginggallop, ungraceful and flat-footed—^a system oflocomotion inherited from their mountain-climb-ing ancestors, which, when transferred to themore level country of the foothills, gave one theridiculous impression that they were still tryingto skip from peak to peak. Every woman had a shawl overher shoulders, always with a heavy bundle behindthe back. Frequently the bundle contained an in-fant, and invariably the infant was dressed ex-actly like its mother, with .the same super-abun-dance of voluminous gaudy skirts, the samegreasy braids of jet black hair, and the same man-nish Panama hat. Its face wore the same solemn,unhappy but resigned expression, and I had thefeeling that if it were put on the ground, it would. NATIVE HOUSE IN THE ANDES
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