The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-08

would like to know where he was killed and
eaton and what he accom- plished FIRST He was
The next day after this talk With the Consul:
Senerel ! was sitting with new,found
eoss door and ooEns at the s @
population Of the town that passed to and fro
the a50Ds In way evolved
he was rather r tall a and s I had we'll
kntt efT and bsSk
clothes Moreover, he carried Himself ike
Of man away down on his luck.
Aren't you two Americans ?" he asked. in an
I'VE are said my friend. putting his hand
Into bic pocket for quarter;
VIII .%pSasss sd # hsf benz ssp three and
know how much good It does me to meet ne one
friend Drew his s' hand ' from ii. pocket
quickly without the quarter and without at.
ali shook lands i and called Tor nixtare that
contained the Juice OF lines fresh from the
tss sGSas . matters IN tho
s b. ssd to ~ that Is IL
me- IN 9essn old
drink and then Ri hnnt Ia . cothlns Store "''A''
yona i By KS sarbse and
6lothier. he came to me again. and here 10 the
Ecuador Tor . guide It's tbs best. though a
out Of maR IN 0e
tober. 1850. on route to Quito; AS tho roads to
only say that went by route to the north Of
Chimborazo. where the trail rises 1000 feet
the sea "a. and at that elevation
race course. and oyer which one must pass
before II o'ciock In v tho morning tN avoid
found there frozen dead astride a mule /
might add. too; that the trail passes through
about 45. 900 inhabitants. instead Of 80. 900. as
commonly reported.
TO Papalacta-'. e.. the potato land. but meyer
potato could get there 1t is a tourney Of two
From the Guamine pass. tHirty.three miles
from Quito. one looks down into the valley Of
she three sses
miles In a line east southeast from Quito
30 lar my Journey had no rea! hardship IN
forty we'll built houses. it stands on the slope
Of Mt Aptasano. 1000 feet above, Quito The
features OF the scenery are the basalt and
sandstone precipices and lodges.
INDIANS THAT NEVER STEAL
From Papalacta the journey has a serious
teen days to reach Napo including four days
forrest 1t is Journey ON foot over an Indian
through swamps and hogs. using maeheta
most of the time to cut away the vines that
cssso that r.. It took seventeen men to garry
myoutdt, but the trail was so vils hat some OF
BE sSPpsa ~ 9s TnSd s sar
Ihat got them at all may astonish the reader
but those Indians never steal
Foprtoen days from Papalacta | reached
Archidona the capttal Of what the Ecuador
isas sd their LII d3renta It has
Oilers. besides some Jesuit priests and four
Sisters Of Charity, who conduct schools for
walli River 1000 feet above the sea. The
". and showers come during the rest Of the
year. The thermometer stands at ~ Fahren-
place. but the sand flies are a plag ue ana the
leaf-carrSing ants are not much less The peo-
race. the men being tall and slender. tie
women short wide -hipped. timid and homely.
Fpom Srchldoaa su good S@"9r road runs to Port
NApo. sixteen miles away on the Napo River
Gns passes ,n on the T W Tenna at thriving VII,
families OF Ecuadorians besides it's Indians
No one can tell the exact population OF Napo.
They sometimes attack white men. but saw
t9rtyo Of tlty houses in the settenent TIE
and has iive-mile current
HERMIT FROM CONNECTICUT A
"A mile away from Port, Napo. Il tributary,
the iusnpino, flows into the Napo River. and
arkabe hermit, MIR. George Edwards. for
merly Of Connecticut. Ho has been there for
vanilla beans. but in 1867. whom there
was violent eruption OF Cotopaxi. the
lava melted such immense quantities OF
snow that a vast. flood came down the river.
The water rose to the second story OF Mr., Ed;
wardss house Ho took refuge In a tree. and
was for a time in great danger; He lost 5000
vanilla plants In the flood. and abandoned the
potatoes; corn. rice. cotton, cane. and onions.
Good esiiee grows H near r. by although Napo y
GUS fruits, and the best OF pineapples grow
Edwards. and / can assure any American
going there that q royal welcome is in wait
Ing. Port Napo 10 the head OF canoe naviga-
tion. and can be reached OF course. by way Of
the mouth OF the Amazon.
while was there the SMALL ox broke out
and the Indians fed to the mountains to build
hpts and walt till Mongk their evil spirit OF the
tambos. ana are huts built OF canes dashed
together with vines over charred posts thrust
into the ground and rooted with thatch OF
palms; Edwards has two story house, as an
Ecuadorian family named Lopez have In SIpo
l..Nt k.. Iv.la ,l.g laNt