The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27

The eating here is awful. The regu-
lar breakfast. which take at Z A. NJ.
consists OF a cup Of black coffee and
hot milk, with some cruSts Of dry
bread. Butter is furnished. but this
is so unspeakably bad that ! do not
cat II. Eggs are an extra, and pay
IL cents for each one I order. They
are Of the scrambiing variety. II is
risky to try them soft boiled. ! piece
out my breakfast with some jam
which buy at the store.
La Europa serves luncheon between
II and IL This consists of soup, q
fish and a beefsteak. with rice and
potatoes. or one can have eggs with
out extra charge. Between and Z
O'clock in the evening they >have a
dinner which Is much like the second
breakfast. 1t consists of Q soup. of
dsh. come meat ana a dessert. The
dessert always consists Of preserves.
The country 10 full OF ripe bananas.
pineapples. and oranges. but no fresh
fruit is served. except upon order.
II buy some In the market and bring
my own fruit to the table
Ths UHa4litess BszssrL
In fact. there Il shout only one
thing which 10 free IN Punta Arenas
This Is on hand It all meals ana I
might say at all other times. I refer
Ito the Ubiquitous buxzard or vulture.
which IL the scavenger OF Costa Rica.
II met him frst In the capital. where
he walked into my foom at the hotel
and pecked at the sofa. I have seen
him everywhere else, ana here ON the
sea coast his name 10 legion. can
see forty vultures roosting OF, the roof
about me as am writing this letter.
They sit on the fence Is I eat my
breakfast and their dead. sleepy eyes
seem to be Weighing the meat on my
bones and wondering how It would
taste II served in true vuIture fashion.
10 tribe high.
I verify believe there are Is many
buzzards here as there are people. The
great birds are protected by law ano
they take the place Of the garbage
wagons OF Panama ] do not like
them They carry me back to Bombay.
land TIE great white towers Of silence
upon which the Parsees lay out their
dead. whereupon these BIRDS pick the
bones clean
The New Trsnscso0nenfal RAllxUaA.
] came to Punta Arenas upon the
newest OF the transccnttnental railroads
There are now lines conuecting the
Trunk Pacific. In Canada. which ends
lat Prince Rupert. to that which joins
Buenos Aires 20 valpaSajoo 1t the
southern END Of the hemisphere. The
shortest railroad 10 our line at Pans-
ma. and next, perhaps. that At Tshusn-
tepec. This new rcod In Costa Rica.
which was complAted last year. con-
meets with the Atlantic railway ss san
Jose. and runs down here to the Gulf
iof Nicoya- Il makes the line from
iocean to ocean . :ittle over one hun
Idred and eighty miles long. and u 10
lone Of the scenic routso o4 the world
II have already descrfbed the tropical
beauties Of the Atlantic slope between
kmon ana san Use. They compare
with the Himaiaya mountsjns and the
Jungle 10 quite ~ luxuTtant
On the western slope the land 10
now as dry aImost - the Rockies. The
EeIds are parched ana brown snd the
railway wtnds about over dry gorSss
ana skirss thirssy Canyons. some Of
which are . sAoosaaS feet asep. A.
'prosehine the p1et0c tie sasnfAIl tn
land 10 jungle aGain- The trees sra
hogan!es. weieh sre being cut for our
furaiture markess. New saA then Ne
pass IN orchard 81 ersasss or . AslA
lcf bananas The fruit = brought 60
the stations ana We can buy seven
oranges for two cents % eur money.
Thfs roaA - tie Paeeac o<lones 20
ne COSTA escon oovSgeNsas. ana .s -
operated ~ . coae:lssable Ices u 70
poorly run. and the ears are sneom-
Portable reey were prooa1ay made "a
cossa RioA tor sasy Ssek ~ sbesea
may were cut out VIM \ nD4cbot The
dsstsaee ron SAa Jess - PUnsa
Arenas 70 s<xsy.aeos nt,ee. Sus TIE
train was Gig &ours q tAs ~. nek.
snE 81 svefase ef .sss thsn twelve
InSesS. &c srsssvsrssacs ,ssssss
all over The eeanfry a-s sxese1iaGiy
prsmssfve. Tas 1esl ceDOcn ussans 81
t-avel - ea hcsspeoet- ana mucA %
the merehao1sss - @bsste6 20 pack
srssas 5As cevssry - wa ea1 49,.
saS1ous. 80 sse 90 - 500 ia o
wosAes eos1ly 90 49, o n Aa5sss.
oweae 60 Sry ssesss - $3.50 80
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Dvo. Tsey ess Wy 80 - -