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WATER 'FRONT.' NOTES.

The steamers Utopia. Queen Protection
and Noyo are due from the north
The japanese liner Kirshiu Maru has fin-
ished loading her return cargo. and will
sail today or tomorrow for Oriental ports
The British bark Fa'kirk finished loading
her grain cargo yesterday at West Seattle
and il moored at one OF the buoys in the
harbor. She will leave in a day or two for
Liverpool
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wnas--Gespyaae. as~< lx =. + -
1aslsr-1ssd. HikLx: brssias. sssns-
oaae-psor 70 fair, u.asso1Ex: sd g
ehesee. u.z.s4NIs4; fancy fesd 49,
Il: fTzy; Mx91 Nss: milling. '
tails. 6.511. barley. centais. BIZ: oafa. cen-
faix. Oregon. Is. corn. centala -. pofa-
toes sacks. Lsse: onions. sacks. -: bran,
81: wool. bales. s.: hides. number. =:
quicksilver. nasks. -: wine. gallons. AA19
Closing osstsatoss-
wheat--Quiet. December G.$T&-
Bsrsey-aufet. December. 81 IN
Corn-LArge yellow. 0.6SANl-la
Bran-Sl1 per ton
WsoI anA Hsps.
wool-Fau Southern coas. lambs. sNac:
Ean Joaquin lambs. 7Isc: northern iasnoe .
fi6ft3c. San Joaquin plains. s19c. Hum
bolas and Mendocino. lts4isc.
!fops-Old crop, nominal. new crop. I55V
&c per ID for California.
Produce. Fruit. Etc.
Observation-Disclosures 81 5d24.0
Hay-Wheat 3l&dE-O. wheat ana oAs.
SIS 5uz 20: best barley. tf7Mi9; alfalfa. ia
af3: clover. nz Snit: stock. NSgis; com
Csc.
VesetahIe-Eariy Rose potatoes 50@enc:
river Buy5aukR SG00E. oregon f3uTO NJ.
G,ffsec. river reds 45Gfs<c. MERGED sweet ro-
tatoes G5nx,c ssIverskin onions. e J0dz-e6:
hothouse cueumhers. 5cHN per dog. gar
lie 4i-M5c: green peas. &c per ID: dried
okra. l3lsN1sc per ID: asparagus. &C: chill
green peppers. e5ns5c: rhubar5. GGIsc PEI
boz.
Fruit-Apples. choice. s.EaLA: COM
mon. x9f4oc; ravei oranges. n02.6O. xexi-
can lines. repack. t{-50ds: common Calf
fornsa lemons acTSi: choice California
lemons 81 ysz1i.56: bananas. Q0z.6. pine
applez S1s1s per doz-
Butfer-Fancy creamery. isc. do seconds
1s7iS;xc; fancy dairy. lie: do seconds. II
1fsc.
cream cheddar. lie: Young America. lie;
Eastern 1?fft3c.
Egga-siofe. is,adi4e: fancy ranch. n
Gf5c
Pouitry-Turkev robhierr. 1iAl3c: turkey
hens f1Gi3c: old ROSTERS. $.Od4: youna
ROSTERS g. anMsN: small hrollere. &3d4.
large broiiers ss.5016: fryers. E.01T1
hens. &sf74: old ducks 346s: geese. 81 5n1 q
rer pair: old pigeone 81. 2541 50: young pig
cons 33as. 30 per dozen.
Exchange.
Sterling exchange on London. sixty days
ASH: do, sight. As4la-
Financial.
Silver bars 49,. 5S74l -. ID
Mex dolls ..stms Telegraph :. :. liz
Mining stocks.
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: man whaae haaa,
~aose voice = Wi a
md thar he = but Aals I T
RUE. His knees sAasa ~! /.
= but a weaklias. i. +
before his eyes ana r. 4
fidence N himself. II. -. /, {
way abused sAe priv,, !!
are his by right Ana =
them once It b for -. 3l!l !
sort that "Hudyan'' i r,,-.
grand doctors Of The Hr. !.
tute. "Hudyan'' bring, Z
men fun vitality and 4,
From beng pany = naa
full OF strength. Is that -
the having Why do you Pc
continue as sou are. Ye.s ".
ness is dependent on yor. ~.
to enjoy life. Then ~, -.
back the vitality that -.
away from you. wrn. g
what "Hudyan" has dc.. Sc
and errins morsalA res
and circulars about Ii q, -. -.
10 you. and 20 Is No. -,
vice. There Is blood ,,,,3
people when they an II ~.
Of 1t. Ulcers IN the 49,, ~ {
pies on the body. covpe,s,,....
spots. the falling out q 81, -
1t. so-day blood cure rsuev~ !.
the faint at once. c,rc~,.,. &,
testimonials Of it asx In. !. 81.
Write today.
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Special Dispatches to Post-Intelligencer.
calm. Tug Monarch sn In the s. BAY. 0u's'
CLALLAM BAY. March a. p. m.-
Cloudy; calm.
PYSHT. March 81 p. m.-Cloudy:
cam.
PORT CRESCENT. March a. p. M
Cloudy: calm.
PORT ANGELES. March a. p. m-
Barometer. 30 .06: cloudy: calm.
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supreme Court D~ci.Iou.

OLYMPIA. March sI.-The supreme
court today handed down the following
decision: r. l., Gordon and F. r Holt.
rsasnsirs. vs.. Kate and Henry Decker.
defendants. from Spokane county: re-
versed aad defendants To recover costs
Of appeal
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PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND. March sf-whest-wsfIa
hsShes vs.
.s.E8 British ship feas& ~ F.ecv rsxr
lon3ae. .S.ss hsssb~tS wheat ise~.,sr
rs'N ssstsaSs.N. ssusNa*ta~n, Is IS bush
els Wheat. The shipments ~ anass o.
Marc tgeH THIS PERI amounted q I sss -,
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New York.
NEW YORK. March N.-Cotton quiet:
middiing. 3-l6c. $3.50.
NEW ORLEANS. March N.-Cotton
steady: mlddiing. 9-l6c.
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TACOMA WHEAT MARKET.

TACOMA March 81 Wheat steady. hu.
nsm Ne eiaa. ss'safssize. Ne. hue
stem, 79f.ssSsaze
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Competition.

We are now prepared TO DO compositlou
for tho trade fany measure) In Nonpa reii
Minion. brevier and Long Primer. Salts
faction guaranteed Call or adArea. po.,.
Intelligence. Seattle.
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SETTLE NHEAr MsRkr1

wssat.So. eiah rssse Ma hs.,s..s,..
, s'ss., ms.is'ns wheat. Nc, rsah. re. NJ
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COOPER pJvrp

Fast and popular steamer Noyo sails
for Copper river and Cook inlet via Dyea
and Skagway April 4. A. Chilberg. Scan
ainavian- American bank. corner Yesler
way and First avenue.
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FOR ST MICHAEL.
Ship Yosemite will SAT- in tow for Dutch
Harbor and ST. Michael May LIST. Far
freight space apply at once White Star
Dock. foot Spring street. Telephone Main
52a
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Condition Of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. March 31.-Today's
statement of the condition Of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance. SOS Isl, 327;
gold reserve, $113 $50. e6cc.
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MARINE OBSERVATIONS.

G. n. SALISBURY,
Section Director Weather Bureau.
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
Seatt.e-Maximum Temperature IS: min
tmum temperature, "a: mean temperature,
-: weather partly cloudy: no rain.
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRE-
CIPITATION
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Miss Sims. Chicago.
T. D. Maddocks. City.
II. p. Newton. City.
Mrs. o. Harder. Portland.
DILLER HOTEL
Mrs. s. Wiley, Olympia.
Mrs. K. B. r. Grant ST. Louis
G. Waterworth. Coupeville.
Mrs. Waterworth. Coupevills
Charles F. O'Hara, Quilcene.
w. NJ. Hubert. Snohomish
Mrs. Burke. Spokane.
Q. Hall. Orillia.
r. N. Peck. Detroit.
Arthur Baucher New WhatcoM
Edward Munroe, Warren.
Mrs. G. Chamberlain. Snohomish.
Q. n. Rahcock. Clear Lake.
F. 4. Bali. oiean. Il. Y.
F.. F. Curtis, Olean. n. T,
Tim Bell. Dawson.
c. c. Baldwin, Shelton.
D. ]. McDaid. Sac City Ia.
Mrs. y. J. McDaid. Sac City. IA.
AL Reimann. Snohomish.
Mrs. Reimann. Snohonlish.
c; L. Lawrey, jr Snohomish.
Thomas Pearce. Dawson.
w. A. Had,ock, Oakland. Cal.
c. Rabei. Stanwood.
r. G. MacKay. St. Paul. MINI
Mrs. c. c. Coleman. Tacoma.
Fred Armstrong. San de Fuca.
s. E. Olben. North Bend.
Al McClinton, Port Townsend.
THE RAINIER-GRAND.
E. ]. Coyle. Vancouver. B. c.
F. b. Vrooman. Chicago.
F. d. Huestis. Port Townsend.
w. r. Spinney. New York.
c. c. Schermoes New York.
4. F. Ward Ward. Manas sa Marie Jansen ca.
+. K. Gay. San Francisco.
T. j. Hammer. Los Angeles.
J. e. Douchy and wife. Dawson.
c. E. Stamp. Minneapolis.
Geo. H: c. Bradford. San Francisco
John Henry. City.
A. H. Munroe: City.
l.. l.. Ruler. City.
G.. Credo Germany.
y. a. Watson; Erie: Pa.
J. Joseph. San Francisco.
Abe Arnheim. San Francisco
c. f. s. Wood. Portland.
4 !. 3 8. M Moed, s sRrinsfs'd'
Miss L. Englehardt Miiwaukee.
Mrs. l. p. Best. Butte.
F. p. Mummaugh. New York.
u. p. Lamorerx Wisconsin.
John Agnew. City.
W. r. Thompson. City.
Can't. Thomas. San Francisco.
E. w. Notewars. San Francisco
G.. D. Matheson. Philadelphia.
NJ. ]. Heney. City.
T.. b. Montgomery Portland.
Geo. F. DIETRICH. San Francisco
u. X. Major. New York.
THE NEW ENGLAND.
John Monohan. Skagway.
v. Barker Fairhaven.
Andrew Horsfal. Belmont. Mass.
F: s. Marshall. San Francisco.
Thomas Humphrey. City.
NJ. Riley, City.
George F. Forrest, Juneau. Alaska
Charles c. JOY Juneau. Alaska
James Smith. City.
Il. Noevick. City.
p. X. Gillespie and wife. City
s. .. s. d. Saunders. City.
c. W. Sloan. San Francisco.
Janws w. Nolan. Providence. r. y
+. p. Pitman, Providence. r. I.
Mike Sullivan, CITY.
J. 8. Buckley. City.
S. a. Booth, Butte Mont
John Thomson, Butte, Mont
II. Sharp. City.
w. II. Ferguson. City.
THE NORTHERN.
A. f. Mortenson. Spokane.
II. A. Frank. San Francisco.
Joseph Deschamps Canada
j. p. Coulter, Richmond.
! Foellinger Fort Wayne. Ind.
w H. Flske Portland.
David Dunlap. Fairhayen.
Mrs. Carlyle, Philadelphia.
w. II. Fl. Watson. MinneapolbN
r. II. Timewell. Chicago.
Geo Kindry. Syracuse
A. A. Miller Minneapolis.
f.. RainviIle Montreal.
F.. F. Kelly Chicago.
s. M. McC;afYey. Dawson.
II. l.. Harding. Aspen.
y. c. Oswald. Toronto.
T. j. Deschamps. Montreal
Frank Wilkeson. Anacortes.
John r. Meining. Duluth.
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BOSTON. March 31-Oregon Short Line,
30: 3. & NJ. l1Sh; B. & B.. AS; Par
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daifscs sissiTe.
t-heeS.-tsGist az ~sSS'.
Ess&~ Steady. fresh. &c.
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nlllH IND TRADE kIkI.

Seattle. March -. -
ExchanGes af fh0 Eszxfse T&con1. ~
kane and Portland CLEARING houses too1S
ciearzacss. Bslances;
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THE MlRITIME RECORD.

FORECAST FOR FRIDAY. -.
Portland, Or. March y. isSN
Occaaional rain.
q. r DEPARTMENT or A0RlCUts
3URk WEATHER BUREAU.
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fruits away up here on the roof Of the
world. There are fruit peddiers on nearly
every square of La PazJt and the market
is filled with fine varieties Of ounces,
pears. oranges and pineapples. There are
sweet and sour lemons and there are white
grapes each berry Of which rs the size of
a damson plum. There are clingstone
peaches as big as the White Heath, and
there are figs and other fruits which we
do Eot have. One peculiar larticle looks
like mammoth green bean pod. 1t is
known as the "Plcae."s When opened it
shows big black beans incased in a pulp
which looks like the finest of white spun
silk. You eat this pulp. land when cold 1t
tastes to you much like "a finely favored
ice cream. These fruits come from forty
to sixty miles away from the eastern
slopes of the Andes, perhaps1a mile lower
down than La Paz. Within from fifty to
a hundred miles from here you can get
into tropical Bolivia, and by going that
distance can have all of the climates from
tropical heat to frigid cold. The snow
never melts on Illimani. The climate here
is about that OF Paris and in the Hungas
and the Benz regions not far away the
pineapples and the palm trees grow. There
are wild oranges and wild cotton trees.
There are coffee plantations, and in the
forests the Indians are gathering rubber
to be shipped down the Amazon to Para,
whence some Of it perhaps will go to the
United States to be used in your bicycle
tires. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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bered not only for its material s,s,,.v
out LOT It's orations and poems as we'll
among the various Fourth of July orators
9r mat occasion were Richard s. Storrs
.l.hry WARD Beecher George William Cur
tbs. Horatio Seymour, Iucius - c.hi,ten-
9eh. Henry Barnard, Cortlandt Parker.
yohn A: Dix, Fernando Wood. Leonard
bacoh Robert c. Winthrop, Charles Fran
lights.
oi poems, William Cullen Bryant. John
Greanleaf. Whittier Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Bayard Taylor and others fur
Bryant and Whittier will live Longest and
that OF Bryant especially was not only his
toric but also prophetic. He Celebrated"
the past and did not forget the future. as
he wrote:
And thou. the new-beginning age.
Warmed by the past. and not in vain.
Write on a fairer. whittier page
The record Of Thy happier reign.
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STORIES NOT IN THE RECORDS.
Two Good Tales That VIII Not Appear
I'm History,

From the Detroit Free Press.
An old soldier of Detroit has a couple OF
stories OF the late war that will not b. pre-
served In the archives OF accepted history.
In the pioneer brigade. to which / be-
longed' relates this veteran. there was a
wisconsin man who seemed TO have the
GIT OF perpetual good feeling. After Bragg
had ieft Tullahoma his way to some
SAFER locality, We pushed on to Elk river 10
repair bridge. The Wisconsin man. whom
remember as Hank, went down the
stream little way to take a swim. and
while he was disporting himself I'm the
water five of Bragg's boys appeared on the
bank, covered him with their guns and COR
daily invited him to come in out OF m,
wet He promptly yielded to the persua
sion and dressed While laughingly telling
MS captors that IL there had been bit four
OF them he would have declined to recog-
nize them "a superior land force and
1Cughi them from the water
w lille the prisoner was awaiting an
order 10 march, the five surpris7d him by
stacking their arms notifying him thai they
surrendered and asking to be taken into
camp. Like hundreds Of others in lover.
tennessee during the summer of 1s,ri they
were tired of the fight and glad to get with
IN our lines. The last time / was ar a ma
tlonal encampment / came across the hero
Vi the occasion. and I'll be blowed il he
WASN'T telling in solemn earnest how he
hles, surrounded them, dsarmed them AMI
marched them to headquarters Such stor-
ies are apt TO grow, even with one who
participated in the eysnt, and | was con-
WINGED that Hank thought he was telling
the gospel truLh'
Inc veterans other story Is about a big
member or the red sash brigade<who had
zone yeoman service in the pine woods of
Michlgan before he entered the army. II
uldnt see this" he acknowledges hut /
can bring the proof II il be demanded Al
the Bun Run retreat the woodsman ston-
ped 10 assist wounded comrade While
he was doing this good Samaritan work he
was suddenly surrounded by pursuers and
ordered 10 surrender. He had not vet been
weaned from the favorite method of fight
ing III the lumber camps, so he threw aside
ms gun and bayonet as useless tncum-
Frances and sailed in for a rough and tum-
PIE. repeatedly announcing that he could
lick the whole outfit. The onslaught was
SO sudden and SO ludicrous that those as
sauIted We're temporarily paralyzed by
laughter, and half-a-dozen of them had
gone down with damaged heads or bleeding
noses before they could rally Then the
pold puncher was taken by a good.natured
exertion of force, and was only reconciled
when assured that some man would he
found 10 do him battle in a rough and
tumble.
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THE GREENLANDER's boat.
The Eskimo I<aialS Is n Most DftBcult
Craft to Handle

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
There is no craft SO difficult to handle
as the Eskimo 'kaiak." The only boat IA
mlilar TO us which in any way resembles
II Is the racing sEell; but IL a crack oars
man OF one OF our crack colleges wer. tied
into a kaiak and told to shift for himself
even in smooth water, he would have a
hard time of it.
The kaiak' has been evolved through
hundreds of years of necessity. Without
1t the Greenland Eskimos, at least would
not be able to provide their daily bread
or more properly speaking, their daily
blubber.
1t is singular that all the materials used
in the construction of the kaiak come from
the sea; driftwood for the frame, sealskin
for the covering, thongs for the harpoon
and dart, ivory and bone for bow, stern
and keel. and for the various implements
The women prepare the skin covering and
stretch II over the frame till II is as tight
and firm as the head of a drum: on such
occasion there is great excitement in tn.
community; a regular ''kaiak bee" is held;
even refreshments are not lacking for the
owner of the "kaiak' treats to coffee all
around when the work is satisfactory
done.
The completed boat is a triumph of in
genuity and skill. It is about eighteen
rect long, sharply pointed at each end. Its
greatest depth is six inches and its width
about eighteen. 1t is entirely covered save
for the little round hole into which the
owner slips. pushing his feet underneath
the skin deck in front.
This hole is fitted to the person for whom
the boat Is designed, and his thighs COM
pletely fill ii up. When he is seated in II
and his waterproof jacket is tied securely
round the edge he is able to defy the waves
which dash over him or the rain which
beats upon him. The six thong loops ar
ranged on the deck in front and the three
OF four behind hold his implements-blrd
darts. lances. knives and most important
of all. his harpoon. A little stand is ar
ranged directly in front OF him, upon which
is coiled the harpoon line, and behind him
on the "kaiak Is the harpoon bladder
which is attached. inflated ready for use,
to the line.
The most expert are apt sometimes TO be
overturned: il may be by the attack OF a
walrus even a seal. by a careless move
ment or an Unexpectedly large wave. II
he does not right himself at once he is in
evitably drowned unless a comrade comes
to his assistance. The usual method of
turning the 'kaiak' upright again is by
using the paddle as a lever. holding it along
the side of the boat pointing 1t toward
the bow, then sweeping IL through the
water: but those who are thoroughly pro-
ficient are able to Go IL by means of their
throwing stick. their arm or even their
hand.
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THE FOUR-INCH NAVY GUN.
Most Popular Weapon for Offensive
and Defensive Purposes.

From the New York Tribune
The main batteries of all the eunboats in
the navy are made up of finch rapid-fire
rifles, which are altogether the most popu-
lar weapons in the service for offensive and
defensive purposes on the lighter vessels
The Castine, the Helena theaMachias the
Nashville and the Wilmington are each
equipped with eight of these guns. while
the Annapolis, the Marietta the Newport
the Princeton, the Vicksburg and the
wheeling each mount six of them. The
Bancroft relies upon four, and the Dolphin
upon two as their chief fighting powers
Even the formidable Iowa has six of them
upon her superstructure to deter the an
proach of torpedo boats, and the armored
cruiser New York mounts twelve in her
secondary battery. The fastest two vessels
In the navy, the Columbia and the Min
neapoils, nave eight apiece, and the double
turret monitor Puritan is provided with six
to support her four Pinch monsters The
chief advantage of these guns lies in their
extreme rapidity Of fire and ease of man
lpuiation, while their penetrating power at
all ranges enables their projectiles easily to
pierce all unarmored cruisers and lightly
protected gun positions.
This gun of four inches caliber weighs
without its mount, one and one-half tons.
or exactly 3.400 pounds. It's length is I37
feet, and Its greatest outside diameter is
thirteen inches. its total length of bore be-
ing 1878 inches, and the length of rifle bore
12812 inches. The twist of its rifiing be-
gins at zero and increases to in IS. there
being thirty grooves. 1t fires a .3-pound
shell with fourteen pounds of smokeless
powder. which develops muxzle velocity
of 1000 feet second. and a muzzle energy
of 915 foot tons. Such a shot will perfor
ate Finch plate near the muxzle, and will
go. clear through a 5-inch plate at 1900
yards distance. Ordinary crews on all the
gunboats get a rapidity of fire of six a
minute out Of these finch rifles, four men
handling the ammunition. while two sight
the piece and fire 1t. This speed enables a
4-inch gun to throw as much weight in a
given time as the 5-inch rife, which e.
practically twice Its size, the latter weigh
ing three tons and firing under the best
conditions four 50-pound shells in a minute
The best penetration Of the 5-inch rife is
barely an inch more than that OF the 4-inch
at all ranges, but in ten minutes the finch
gun will throw sixty well-aimed shots.
while the 5-inch cannot be relied upon to
throw more than thirty.
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step as you go through the market. There
IS woman who has a large stock spread
out upon blanket before her. The pOta-
toes are as white as bleached bones. They
are almost as hard and when you break
them apart you find them almost as tough.
They are ordinary potatoes frozen and
dried, after which process it is said that
they can be kept for year without spoil
Ing. The method of preparation is to soak
them in water and allow them to freeze
night after night until they become soft.
Then the skins are rubbed off by treading
upon them with the bare feet, and the po-
tatoes are thoroughly dried in the open air
After drying they are as white as snow and
as hard as stones. Such potatoes form one
Of the chief foods of the Bolvians. They
are a staple article among the Indians of
the Andean highlands. They have to be
soaked for three or four days before they
can BE- eaten. and are often served in the
form of stew. have tasted them sew
eral times. All the life of the potato seems
10 me to have been taken out of them. and
find them inspid and by no means appe-
tiZing In addition to the above potatoes
Bolivia has a number of varieties which we
do not have. 1t has bitter potatoes of a
dirty yellow color. which will grow on the
highest plateau. 1t has tubers which look
like potatoes, but which have an acid taste
and must be exposed to the sun before
cccking, and others which look like dahlia
roots and which taste somewhat like tur-
nips.
The Indian Corn Of Bolivia.
I am much interested also in the Indian
corn which 1 find here. There are many
species of maize here which we. never see in
North America. Bolivia has varieties of
corn the grains of which are twice as large
as those of the largest species of corn
grown by our farmers. Some kinds are of
a bright yellow color. every grain being
as big as my thumb nail. This corn, when
l bit into it. crumbled up almost like flour
and | can see that 1t can with a slight
bruising be turned into meal Another va