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. The adventures of a tropical tramp. MOST INTERESTING OF ALL IS THE OLD FORTRESS OF SACSA- HUAMAN. MT. MISTI AS SEEN FROM AREC^UIPA In the Capital of the Incas 147 the less-traveled Central Railway. Instead ofcarrying one through tortuous ravines, the South-em Railway runs across wide plateaus carpetedwith yareta moss or bunches of ychu grass, with aline of snowy peaks far away on the or sheep dot the landscape. Occasionallya herd of guanacos or vicunas, the wild ancestorsof the alpaca and llama, may be seen in the dis-tance, scampering away at the trains approach. In mid-after
. The adventures of a tropical tramp. MOST INTERESTING OF ALL IS THE OLD FORTRESS OF SACSA- HUAMAN. MT. MISTI AS SEEN FROM AREC^UIPA In the Capital of the Incas 147 the less-traveled Central Railway. Instead ofcarrying one through tortuous ravines, the South-em Railway runs across wide plateaus carpetedwith yareta moss or bunches of ychu grass, with aline of snowy peaks far away on the or sheep dot the landscape. Occasionallya herd of guanacos or vicunas, the wild ancestorsof the alpaca and llama, may be seen in the dis-tance, scampering away at the trains approach. In mid-afternoon we passed the crest of theAndes, at 14,666 feet, a thousand feet lower thanthe high point on the Central, and from then onthe train descended steadily toward Lake , our stopping point, was but a half hoursride from the lake. On train nights, Juliaca *sone hotel is always crowded, and since all pas-sengers knew this, there was a mad rush for thatone hotel. It was the Grand Hotel Ratti, but the **rattypart of its name was due not to its condition(although as a descriptive adj
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectperudes, bookyear1922