The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-26

Copyrighted .sae. BY Frank G. Carpenter
IfIGfIShIA. Bo.-*as. May al
Nn1l Isse. --sisa III is5atinE aoOye me
4 W cloE68 FlaatiDg calmly over
4 tAe highest n2vigsBis waters
~ of taa gI5De Sailing undsr the
g.artas SHOWS Of she .oftiast
p~aEs OF tbs Af14ea. 50 near tbs sky THAI
lEayeg sfa earEh Ble@t close around yoE
az tTfsEse you sh5nA yoa are or the very
go9T - sue aocsl. Ts1.z Is what have
ietn 4oaee fof The lass cay and night uGson
Ixtke Tgtleaaa Aa you ssat this letter
5og Nl.l * ssFaster.ag under t!e hoI sun
~ 2sfs ~ ia s1nsUaer. Il h always
@sylHter uEon Ts&ke Ts:.eaea. q colo. weE
rlutsr during 1af TIE year. and cod.
O. Writer 14riug ths remainder. At some
JIiasss tas wines from the Andes weep
Gve.s faa waters ike a blizzard. and "a
Others r. IL as calm as the Dead sea IL
midsummer. The air 81 now as fresh a.
pa byocze Il IS cold and bracing. but SO
fare t'la& / cannot walk fast without my
heart Jumping Up int3 my throat. some
a. sea y. aoon y ggpg 10 Mount Wash
tnstyr 10 a~ofE TIE tkat u The city. Tais
sreai abe . more than twice az high ap
81 The air aa the top OF Mount Wasting
ton and Il is situated and scenery which
l. Infinitely n81Fe grand some of you viii
spend your Vacations Upon cur great
lake. THIS take is almost AZ big as Lake
Ell. n has q greater average depth than I
xeAMfe superior. BAG llA Sls5ttsS - "a us
nation ~ gfzat Of Lakes Lpcerne and Ge-'
Heva IN Se'ltz Rand aud Of our own beau
tifai IAae 1nanpiain. eur great lakes
free over during Tie winter. Tsticaca
uev,r fF9ezes.
( lave written % the skies % tho Andes !
Ttiose Ut 'fItieaca rave all az the beauties
cf the ABGeau heavens combined With
Other peculiarly Their oKn. / cannot give
yuu The sense u lostsacss one feels mere
The clouds rise Up about TIE shores OF
g5tIcaca Ike walls upon which a canvas Z
OF heavenly blue fits closely down, 50 daat
sou feel that beyond those walls there are
mighty depths. ard that II you should sat.
through them y3u would drop into spsce.
The air Is 80 clear that you can see for
miles leaving Funo. Peru, gas shown
the sacred blue Island 81 Tii!cana. hty
inilss away. and eDan other islands came
lsio view. which med 10 float Gpon the
waters th0aga 5aey were balloons or
ba,ls and not Tia 0uicrolfingg Of The high
est Mountain ehait Of our hemisphere .
One island l remember, rose out Of the
wate1a IA tha snape Of Eisanfic smwh-
foon of s0ft blue velvet, another looked
IKE Il faammoth whale whose head and
tai stoo1 high above the water. These
.yera optical i.lus.ona due 10 the peculiar
sty II the atmosphere, bat they were phe-
Nnerena which I have never seen upon
i etae: waters.
- ~ inhnossa Inland Sea.
You know of I.ike 11s1 AGA from your
gcoEt aghts. they tell you il lies In the
sandcs. about htif Way brtseen the 18TH
sEaa - Panama and cape Horn. H. SO
feet aaaye fhe sea. They represent the
-lal<a as4l Ia shape. alld state that II Is
IL e1tvs i3us. 0fty-seFen niles wide. and
THAT 4 lars IA ARA ~ b.Vo square ini,es
Bone Il these statements are true. ntnerr
are al conjecture. The lake has In reality
ssnynr ssea ealetuiiy surveyed. 1t has
great Bays Wh'eh have never been sound
ed, sud Il wind In and cut IN PLACES Ike
a river. giving succession ~ beaut!tu,
genes az isiande. mountains AMI coast In
ciQssss.@@s it0m Iat3 u Bolivia We sailed a
distaafe uf ilp niles over WAFER which was
a. many places. use captain stii more
Nan i.tp9 feet dep. Lake Superior has. /
believe. nj average de,,ra Of something
Ika ,s0 1eet. some parts N ,h,, Bottom
q Lake Titfara have never been reached
aIid tile captain tod nc that Il ne saoula
Band upon certain parts 80 %Tticaca isiann
BE- would hase To cast his anchor high
upon the go h shores. As the waters which
81 then. afa ~ deep that the grsppltng