Under the Southern cross in South America . iform thickness and height as the mud which forms them iscast into a frame of the required dimensions and allowed to hardenbefore the framework is taken away. In some places they are roofedwith tile. They make excellent fencing, for owing to the warmclimate there is no frost to crack them. Under existing conditionsthey stand the weather remarkably well and last a long time. Inaddition to these boundary walls long rows of poplars, shooting upin stately height, presented a vista in perspective which remindedus somewhat of a long-drawn out cathedral clo
Under the Southern cross in South America . iform thickness and height as the mud which forms them iscast into a frame of the required dimensions and allowed to hardenbefore the framework is taken away. In some places they are roofedwith tile. They make excellent fencing, for owing to the warmclimate there is no frost to crack them. Under existing conditionsthey stand the weather remarkably well and last a long time. Inaddition to these boundary walls long rows of poplars, shooting upin stately height, presented a vista in perspective which remindedus somewhat of a long-drawn out cathedral cloister or churchaisle. Other fences along this part of the route consisted of stakes,interlaced with the pliant rods of Espino bushes. Occasionally we passed a rancho, or farm-house, built withadobe, thatched with straw or roofed with tile and surrounded bylittle orchards of fruit-trees. A few country seats, residences of thehaciendados, or landed proprietors, added an attraction to thelandscape and suggested comfort and easy r,IRT)S-EYE \ Ol SANTIAflO FROM SANTA -fir»:/:., <%•?: ?. :? .y
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