Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02

| OF CneSe, tney De1nS bounded on the
north and south only by the horizon,
while in the far distant east the snow
capped Andes loomed up on the hori-
Zon. After many windings up their
sides, at places being able to see six
tracks below, some Of them only a
stones throw apart, and passing
along the brink of canyons, We ar
rived at Auquipa, $500 feet above
the sea, the second city in Peru, it
being noted only for its earthquakes,
as hardly As hours passes without
| tremor, the city during it's history
having been twice totally destroyed.
But this is not to be wondered at
when two volcanoes are not far dis
tant, one of which Is plainly visible
from the city.
After spending a day here we
climbed higher in the Andes, cross
| ing at Cordilleras at an elevation of
,666 feet. At the very alto is To-
Gated Lake Cacipascaua, a considera
bic sheet of water, said to be the
highest lake in the world. 1t was
here that l thought of my good
) friends, Col. N. B. Cary and Major
Robert Werner, for this lake affords
excellent fishing, and next to the
, stars and stripes the scene here was
! the grandest, for the earth was robed
in green from the waters edg" up to
the very snow which capped the sur
rounding peaks, though was told by
gentleman on board that the grass
lasted here only few days during
the year.
Nightfall, and We are on the shores
Of Lake Titicaca, the highest body
OF navigable water in the world
G2,5O0 feet, being about the size
of Lake Erie, and supposed to be
situated in the crater Of an extinct
volcano. Next morning we awoke in
Bolivia, the roof Of the world, land
nearest heavens heights, and in
many respects closest to Hades'
depths.
Situated as Bolivia is, in the very
heart of the tropics, one would ma
turally regard It as being a distinct
ly tropical countrv, but the country
has such a peculiar confguration
that every known climate is found
within the borders OF the Republic,
from the swamps of the Amazonian
and Pilcomayan jungles, giving off
their miasmic vapors, to the frigid
Antarctic blasts, sweeping across her
eternally covered snow-capped noun
tains. This is due to the great alti-
tude Of the Andes, which are divided
into two ranges, passing North and
South, enclosing between them the
great Pampas Of Eastern Bolivia.
These Pampas with Tibet, II / mis-
take not, have the distinction of be-
Ing the highest inhabited regions of
the world. Eastward of the Cordil-
leras lies Bolivia's portion Of the
Amazonian and Pilcomayan basins.
This region Is indeed tropical, por-
tions of 1t densely timbered, being
watered by the southeast trade
winds. These winds to a considera-
bic extent lose their moisture in
! passing over the cool SUBMITS Of the
Andes. AS consequence the Pam
pas (my location) have six months
cold, dry season, and six months cold,
| wet season. 1t is simply cold in the
shade all the time, though out in the
| sunshine scorching hot; in fact, the
climate in this section could not be
worse were 1t made to order. The
thermometer at this season usually
| registering S5 to 90 degrees Fahren-
heit at 2 p. m. and Is to 20 degrees
Fahrenheit at 5 q. m. 1t Is not unu-
sual for 1t to reach zero daily in the
morning, but strange to say none Of
the houses have any provision for
heating, for the simple reason they
have no fuel other than the dung Of
the Llama. The supply being limited
it Is saved for cooking purposes.
There Is no timber rnoranything green
growing up here-only q few Irish
potatoes. which are very small, and
some cebada, which never natures,
the season being too short. All the
plowing Is done with wooden plows,
to which are hitched two oxen, they
being fastened to the plow by the
horns. Everything Is done here in
very primeval way. II Christ should
visit the earth again and land in Boz,
livia He would think He was in Judea