The Republican journal., 1903-08-06

.,-,sse observe | do not say the highest
,.vcable water on the globe, because,
.,.uythlng | know there may be other
ferrous mountain streams still near
f.. The blue; but this is undoubtedly
...egAest which the ingenuity of man
.,. ,ouQuered by steam and paddle
.U-els Lake Titicaca. How the name
...4.I, school days and geography les
,.-- though in that early time, when
,- atated unpronouncable names on
.t- map of country which to our
..-. imaginations did not exist any
rite out on paper, we had no idea of
..vlg their reality by personal visit.
jas .uuslng to remember what incor-
pOnunciations of most of these
.. american names the teachers
..,asly drilled into us. And the
. l,mains that many of them are
.aled, in our best schools, by
SD. IS which the residents of the places
hardly recognize.
lever pleased the traveller may be
-.. mSelf sailing the highest navi-
....a water on the globe, he must pay
mice for his rare experience, not
... r cash but in many diScomfortS.
r..- and most dangerous, there is sir
.... % contend with which makes
. er as if grim death were clutch
.. neart strings with icy fingers
-. Ling a thousand pounds weight
.... is chest, while all the blood in
atv seems to fill his head to burst
.imsoning the face and leaving
.. aver extremity cold as ice. Hardly
,..ii III unpleasantness, though sell
tatal, is mal-de-mer, which the
.... rather-b beaten voyager is bound
lr-L though he may have circum-
... Lated the world many times with
d aalm of it,
$50. sHlting a map of South America
9. will ind Titicaca about midway
.a. he continent, but only 325 miles
...d rom the Pacific. 1t lies at an
.d- of about thirteen thousand
-.- .boye the level of the sea, in an
-.uLous basin whose eastern border
0ied by the loftiest cordillera of
.- ludes, all unbroken, untrodden,
roWned wall, several of whose
-5.s avail Chimborazo in height and
". In shape, the lake is an If
t- If oval, extending almost due
and south, l2O miles long, its
..-.->t width about 81 miles. 1t has
. sage depth of 1000 feet, but il
l.1 places line and plummet have
to- ind bottom Though many
led by mountain SHOWS, flow
there is no visible outlet, except
~aguodero river broad, deep,
Mt not turbulent stream, 40
uJL, which itself has many tribu-
and a fall OF 300 feet and dis
INTO Lake Auilagas, away to
ntIWard Very little is known
asst named lake, except that it
outlet to the sea, unless it be
nean, though receiving the
e. Of the great upper basin and
several other powerful feeders
-.- The Desaguedero. During rainy
aud years Of drought its water
always at precisely the same
hough no fewer than nine con-
streams flow into it.
~inds which blow over Titicaca
must invariably from the north
AlWays strong, they frequently
With prodigious force, rendering
tlon extremely hazardous by
All balSas of the natives, and very
reahle, if not dangerous, by the
@e5-ris. Before the comparatively
- introduction of the latter these
sis VI RATS and canoes made of
pee, woven together. were the only
e~ On the lake. Very pretty and
grsque are the curious little craft
er ,een at distance; but they are
Hyiting as means of transit over
I'D waters of measureleSS depth,
ldlly in a storm. Each balsa is
,ted with square sail, also made
woven reeds, which can be furled,
a.s.a or lowered, at the will of the
a'Man.
.ts steamers, which by tight sqeez-
accommodate "a passengers each,
st 100 tons burden. Being never
aNly loaded, they roll and tumble
Id .osS about on the stormy waves in
sway calculated to appall the stoutest
Fart and upset the strongest stomach,
Ne Wild winds howl, shrek and moan
+-lg the rigging, like legions of lost
Hts, or as if the angry gods OF It'll
Ats sacred islands, whose temples the
Llupeans have destroyed, were in
-trlgeful pursuit. Going straight
luss The lake, from Puno to Chililaya
Hv nip is only ITO miles, and is usually
ole IN l. or IA hours: and one can get
Me- enough of it, even in that short
'0r assure you. The little steamers,
lrquired ten years IN building,
brought piecemeal over the noun
a4.s on the backs of mules before the
nj the railroad, much as COrteZ
a lii, i,4< Obi FRO OIL