Smyrna times., 1879-04-23
A. AJOurney Through South America,

journey through South America of which |
the following is a synopsis.
with large map of South America
before him DR.. Coates proceeded to explain
some OF the wonders OF this vast continent,
which he said were unsurpassed in the
world. The mighty rivers, the lofty noun
tallls, the great volcanoes and the richness
OF the vegetable kingdom were expatiated
upon at some length. The great difference
between the two coasts was remarkable.
He had resided years between the Andes
and the Pacific coast without having seen
tall OF ram, while sixty miles distant
across the Andes it rains daily and often to
greater amount.
The Chincha islands, whence million Of
dollars worth Of Guano has been taken, has
been cleared of it entirely, and now de.
posts from the main land are in the
market. The Incidence Of the natives is
mtoierable; if you wish to hire Il man to
do anything lie is always ready to promise
that he will do il tomorrow. They reverse
our adage and act upon the plan "never do
any thing to-day you can put off till to-
morrow"
DR.. C. ascended one of the lofty noun.
tains by means of mule, as high as the
animal could travel, he then walked and
crawled on bed of lava the remainder Of
the distance, one mile, which he effected
in nine hours. He reached a height OF
$4,000 feet, whence the view was sublime.
One of the sights was the locomotive and
cars on the railroad built 10y Henry Meiggs
winding their way up the mountain where
they attain TO height Of l4,600 feet. On
the Pacific slope are numbers of small
streams supplied with water from the melt.
ing OF the snow on the mountains. These
are the sources of all their irrigation. The
rivers on the Eastern side are very long and
wide. The Amazon flows 5000 miles and
Its muddy water, unmingled with the
ocean, may be seen 100 miles from the
coast. The Amazon is navigable to the
cataracts which for $50 miles prevent navi-
CATION. TO reach Bolivia from the navi.
gable water of the Amazon railroad, l7j
miles will suffice, when the rich products OF
this vast province will find a market of
CInchona trees hundreds of square miles
are at present not available and yet
single tree has been known to yield quinine
to the amount of $1,000. Caoutchouc,
Rose Wood, Mahogany, and many other
valuable articles will be brought to the
Atlantic seaboard ii the Madeira and Ma.
more Railroad should be completed. Many
CurlOSlties from Peru were shown and de
scrlhed; ring snake, very venomous
other s-rpent~; a chameleon, an enormous
! beetle, or inches in length but harm.
less eastern vessels curiously wrought
| after the fashion of water jugs sometimes
met with here, called monkeys; images
called idols, though very possibly not Oh.
jrcts Of worship, one Of these of small
size was of gold; strong and heavy
! Machete used for cutting a path in their
/ tangled forests; some hummIng birds; a
number Of fine and large photographs of
1 towns, mountains, temples, churches, ruins
and Indians. A view of the house which
/ Atahualpa filled with golden vessels for his
ransom was shown. 1t is II 10y - feet, 9
! feet high, FizarrO took the golden ransom
and then had the captive Inca strangled.
a cylindrical tube about feet long and G
inches in diameter woven Of rattan was
shown and the use explained. 1t serves as
a strainer in making TapioCa from the
great acrid poisonous Mandioc roots which
are grated and mixed with water, and
furnish pure and wholesome starch a
few drops of the juice will kill man, but
the poisonous properties are dissipated by
heat. A portion of n very largo leg bone
of a Mastodon petrifed, as also one of the
teeth on which the enamel was perfect
This is one of the best specimens in ex
istencc. DR.. Leidy compared the legbont
with that of an elephant and found it to be
six times as large These bones were ob
tanned from an Indian who found them il
a landslide. DIR. G. obtained the use Of {
small steam vessel built at Wilmington
Delaware, in which he assembled a river OF
which no steamboat bad ever run, for 20(
miles. to the town Of Napa. At one towr
he could scarcely obtain corn for his mul,
as he had nothing but money to give in ex
change and the people were accustomed t.
deal 10y barter solely. One town of l200C
inhabitants has no means Of conveyin,
goods but on the backs of men. One O
these porters will carry rs lbs on his bacl
% miles in a day Milk is furnished b,
driving COW to the doors of customer
', and milking her there. The calf is at
tached to her tail, for, as in some Of tn
Southern States, it is not supposed that an,
cow will give down her milk without tn
presence of her calf. DR.. c.. spoke of til
difficulty of breathing the rarefied air OF
; lofty mountains, and said that llumbold
expressed surprise that the Condor, al
enormous bird. could soar 900 feet abov
their SUBMITS, but he said that man ha
even surpassed these birds. Two me
assembled in balloon from Greenwich
England, to height of $1,000 feet. On
while the other was unable to use his hand
Z in pulling the valve rope. Four skulls {
$ the Inca race exhibited, all show a peculia
< hAttened distortion generally supposed I
e be Occasoned by pressure in infancy. Eve
o DR.. S. 6. Morton was Of this opinion. D
!. Coates doubts it, At any rate the d
$ scendants of this race have the sam
s. peculiarly without artificial means. The
e were an ingenious race and much less il
Is dolent than the descendants of the Spal
n iarls. Some of their old buildings hay
n stones of uncommon size so accurately CT
y and fitted that not knife blade can be i
q terpOsed between them. He saw stones
d feet long and II hy Ia wide. Nothing equal
z, those are found in the Pyramids, and it
supposed that the workmen were ienOrat
of the use of iron. Probably they had ii
art of hardening copper. The worshippe
to of the sun were certainly in some respeC
rs superior to their Christian successor
IN With these the forms are scrupulOusly q
ne served. AT the tap of bell all labor al
IN travel are instantly suspended for the spa
is. of minute. Every Sunday savage bu
On fights and cock-fghts are enjoyed by
ne classes.
An Irish lahorpr was lying in ditto
raj very much tho worse for liquor. lie W
ist encountered by the priest of his pari,
n. Very much shocked, his reverence turn
RS. the drunkard over, who muttere
en- where am ~ "On the road to hel
,er replied the priest. sternly. "I thought 81
Ter said Pat, when heard Father Murtag
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