Under the Southern cross in South America . SAND CRESCENTS, DESERT OF ISLAY. BLEAK FOOTHILLS OF J HE ANDES FROM LIMA TO AREQUIPA 165 clay, the results of volcanic upheaval. Yet there were signs thatlife had been here, the life that constructed this iron road up themountains, for at intervals amid the desolation could be seen crossesto mark where lay the bones of unfortunate ones who had perishedin the labor. This railway, like that of the Oroya, cost not alone a vast sum inmoney but exacted a heavy toll in human lives. Most of the workwas done by peons and imported coolies. Though many of thos
Under the Southern cross in South America . SAND CRESCENTS, DESERT OF ISLAY. BLEAK FOOTHILLS OF J HE ANDES FROM LIMA TO AREQUIPA 165 clay, the results of volcanic upheaval. Yet there were signs thatlife had been here, the life that constructed this iron road up themountains, for at intervals amid the desolation could be seen crossesto mark where lay the bones of unfortunate ones who had perishedin the labor. This railway, like that of the Oroya, cost not alone a vast sum inmoney but exacted a heavy toll in human lives. Most of the workwas done by peons and imported coolies. Though many of thosewho succumbed bowed before other emblems than that of the cross,the ones who reverenced the cross placed that insignia of Christiansalvation above their bones. Passing over the waste of pampas called the Islay Desert whatare known as the medanos appeared. These are crescent-shapedlittle hills of silica gleaming in white crystals and rise to a height offrom ten to twenty feet at the center of the arc; they look to beformed with exact mathematical precision. They are certa
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