Furthermore, the smoke contained such fine dust that it entered the lungs of the engineers, causing tuberculosis to develop. But as wood is very scarce in that section of South America and as the mountains have not yet been mined for coal, although they say that there are rich coal fields everywhere, the easiest method is adhered to. The next evening saw us in Buenos Aires. We belonged to the fortunate ones whose train not only arrived on time but whose baggage car did not catch fire. This last has happened so frequently within the past year that robbery is suspected of being at the bottom of it.
Trains also have a habit of arriving anywhere within four to six hours of scheduled time.