The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-19
rnpee Pictures Of Earth and SKY Takep 10 the
Lite Of the South 6nsritap Continent:
How Our Harvard (glep Mattb the
Stars ip Peru.
Stars ip Peru.

s..se6. IL. by Frank g. Carpenter.
Puno, Peru. May q, isss.
wnyTE siss letter IN the attic OF
-. South American continent.
"a In the heart OF the Andes noun
.s..s on what, with the exception
- - YnfbS.. Is the Lofi!eSt table land
-. ssohe. AZ ny feet Is the western
-. ~ Lake Titlcaca, the highest water
~ q. sarsh upon which steamboats, sail.
sskinx down upon ne. Is the Hnowy
- "a rismpu. which. next 70 Aeon
-. IN ch.se, il the highest OF the An
rartrx the pas. week ! have been
100 anoIg the most wonderful
~..ns Of South America, and / am
region which has Rot i,s counter
~ usu ths planet Here and in otner
-, = the mountains OF Peru are the
49, rjacss where people live. During
= TIN ~ the Oroya railroad j found
s..s az about 300 eouis at an altitude OF
- mar three miles above the sea There
= : niatag camp In The Peruvian Andes
$50 i more than 1860 feet high. and in
1870 the desoFaie plain known as the
-. D. Arr.eros / stopped sone time
= rssnocya, where there Is locomotive
unx Asss higher up In the air than the
= pies Peak. In coming here I
800 for two days over enc Of the
- railroads In the world. and now.
= distance Of more than 30 miles from
=. p,esnc. am on the great plateau
ssA IN between the two ranges OF the
800 varying In altitude from 1890 TO
- tpes above the sea am hundreds
2 ~;ss eouth Of the point where crossed
- nsst mountains from Lima, and in a
- where the Andes are more grand
- u any point In the $3.50 miles or
- issgth. Think OF mountain which
suu,es u into the sk.es 20 That its ragged
ssssy samuat is four miles above tho
luvx II The ocean. Imagine. IL YOU can.
~s~s which are over 2o.0o0 feet high.
G.ks \ wall Of such mighty hills and
Ealnt Them In the wonderful colors. shades
20 cp.s Of the Andean skies and YOU can
=. faint idea Of my surroundings. have
IN ne many books about South Amer
n. bu. I fall 10 find In them any dsscrip-
tbss u the scenic effects OF these moun-
- This IL the region Of all others for
q sr.1s., and as yet no great artist has
srssnsses to transfer these wonderful
rcsuyss TO canvas.
Pictures From the Andes.
NJ tip over the Andes was a continuous
aaprsma Let me give you my notes OF
u rsaes along the route as jotted them
Hugn On the way. i began AZ Moliendo,
q n Pacific ocean. II IL a ragged town
q De ragged coast OF the Peruvian des-
=. t. ship lies out in the harbor and
H. sxf rolls 10 with great force, striking
~ ,ssks and sending Its diamond spray
~ sts upward into the air. The harbor
h rxghsr than hat OF Jaffa. and my
tm1s q lowered into bounding boat
~ tie side Of the steamer. ! have TO
axo nso the boat when IL Is OF the crest
4 rs wares. and / feel my stomach rise
al sd awn into tho deep. The landing
hp ~ -. men and baggage are often
safsws Iaio the water. aud | am told that
~ fnExae companies always charge u
. ~. ut more for ali goods shipped 10
1kkr6h I am rowed TO the shore by
bnxry coffee-s7olored boatmen through
hpss racks. Now we run into n lighter
stsaa . bringing ost cargo for the steam
sat are nearly capsiZed. New Nc
rSe great boulder, and at the wharf 1
kts 10 jump when the boat IS on the crest
4 ~ wave TO get a footing on the steps.
W Baggage cannot be landed except by
nsws Of a crane. and l PAY four men 81
. csrry my heavy trunks UP the hills 10
ths custom house. A little later on | am
ssssed In the car on my way TO Arequipa.
vh'eh, though only 100 niles from the
uss. Is higher up tfi the air than
sas top Of Mount Washington. Our train
Inst sk!rts the coast and then shoots of
ats the bare hills OF the desert There is
Aot shrub. not n ves;ige of green. We
limb up a per cent grade, winding
sbcut 10 horseshoe curves At places we
lee the tracks over which we have passed
ssl.
Vow Nc are on side Of the mountain
sesng the ocean. The sky-b.ue Pacific,
Nay and smoky. stretches out toward
- crest until its delicate blue