Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-16

H.
i"e rho Guvas is to this country as
aOi ,1,,,n,h,, ia Ia the United states.
the -. .,,,or az tho Pacific
II is the plsse''
coast and just now IN the raity se"-
.or which lasts here from December
s'" NJ, 4, has converted the country
unul may II 80 -, - -.
for miles ana iiiies anu i'''es INV
vast lake Where we entered IL from
A.. poctfc inst opposite the island of
INT az - r,,..,,.,.', ,,aaa tho r,,,o, 4,
Puma, Wheie l"'ii
sixty miles wide ana as we saiieu up 10
Guayauuil we seemed to be passing
.,,.,r,h an inland sea. The waters
ui'"s .,t,.,. % 40,
were OF the color anu thich"esS Vi pea
SOUP and upon the fast iiowlng hooo
,,oro matches of green great trees and
,.,.,a ,,htch we've oootipy down
other ue"''s VIM"
from the Andes 10 the sea- Al 'uuy"-
mil the river Is more than "A mile wide
Va ,u.o,tv-six feet deem furnishing a
anu ,,.,,,,,. A., toraa,, of tho
good ana sate harpoI '"e iai VI ''
Pacific steamers. The river tnere ~
oI,ed with shipping, and there are
..,..,s a, o,youts capoes great
huiu'eu -, 80, ,,,, ,ha no
RATS ana cargo poats useu Wy ''ie h"
tlves to bring their wares from the In
,er,or for sale.
-, n,>,cyo,y on u,cIrApop
THE hA4N'Noh VIZ ~
left Guayaquil two days ago, and
in the little American steamer
pulgmir took an all-nights sail up the
Guyas into the interior. l am now far
-, ,ror, tho coast almost Mt the
ava ~, 90, chi,,boroyo
ioothilIs VI 'he <Nh"es' 49,
frowns down upon me, and can almost
hear the rumbllng of the volcano Co
1T a,,, 4, ~, oity of p,babovn
"pa'' M. ,,,.,..,.,t,
or Bodegas' u city WHICH, IKE p''''shoN'
is almost all ailoat upon the water
The whole land is Hooded, and many of
go. ,,r, so ,,,tlt tb,t the mamie
the houses are so pui'' '''i' ,'e peop'e
live In the second stories ana 80 from
one place to another in canoes. The
,o,vr nronar which contains about 5000
$50, ,,.,,ta, 80 r, i,t,i,
people mas s'ee'S "'''e" "'e nv"
more than rivers. ana In coming from
the boat | hired an Indian to carry me
On tho bipl, lands Of the shore nm his
- -, -.
Dich' AS went my WHISKY nash'
which always carry with me here for
medicinal purposes. fell out of my
pocket into about Ave feet Of wafer
ndrh,,,,a .o,,a,. -. q, at, 3D., i.
h1'u mrs" "ho'her peoh 'o "iNe TOT H.
He did so. bringing up first the bottle
and then the drinking cup which had
slIpped off when II feu maae hin,
happv by giving him Ton cents for his
tronhle tn husiness mart of Rahsbawo
il few feet higher than The rest ~
the place. and lust now the stores are
free from water though in crossin,, The
s,reat Won mnst ing The hniidInss md
balance Yourself ON the logs and hmm
hoo bridges mt across from s,dawaI,s
10 sidewalk THE houses nre All NJ two
stories. The ground tioors beIng talsan
u5 with the cave-like stores. and tn,
second stories forming the living quart.
ers There are. of course. no nav..nents
or modern improvements Rahahnvo
has not a sewer nor n gutter in n ito
only bath room is a floatinr shed mon
the wharves of the river with the SORT
Gus danger OF losing a leg by the min
% an alligator. There il not n fireplace
nor chimney in the whole town,
There Is not n glass window. for the
houses are ventilated on second f,oors
by means of lattice work RUNNING ehout
the ceiling. The whole front walls of
the stores are thrown back in the day
time and the ground floors are as omen
as those Of japan, The houses now on
the water, n few weeks ago were dry
The ground floor was then used for the
..hlckens' donkeys aud cattle, Now
wv c"es ~ arg elmer on platforms higher up
vi are uNlnE with the family on the