Through South America's southland; with an account of the Roosevelt Scientific Expedition to South America . Cristo Redentob. 1. Vineyard near Mendoza. FAMOUS SCENES AND VICTORIES tlieir differences to arbitration, we sliould not now be forcedto witness the greatest of crimes against civilization andto see the progress of the world arrested for generationsto come. The physical and geological features on the Chilean sideof the Cordillera are, in many respects, quite different fromthose on the Argentine versant. As I sat on the front ofthe locomotive, during the greater part of the passageacross
Through South America's southland; with an account of the Roosevelt Scientific Expedition to South America . Cristo Redentob. 1. Vineyard near Mendoza. FAMOUS SCENES AND VICTORIES tlieir differences to arbitration, we sliould not now be forcedto witness the greatest of crimes against civilization andto see the progress of the world arrested for generationsto come. The physical and geological features on the Chilean sideof the Cordillera are, in many respects, quite different fromthose on the Argentine versant. As I sat on the front ofthe locomotive, during the greater part of the passageacross the Andes, I was able to enjoy to the utmost themagnificent scenes which defiled before us in rapid suc-cession. The day was ideal. The weather was pleasantand the temperature, even near the cmnbre, was sky was clear and the dazzling snow-capped giant,Aconcagua, blazed forth in fullest glory among his sur-rounding satellites like The pillar of heaven, the nurse of sharp, eternal snow. Everywhere, in the broad depressions between them, wereextensive glaciers and below them were glacier-born riverswhich carrie
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