Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14

straight to the south Cross the Gulf OF
Mexico and the Caribbean sea; twist your
way in and out among the high peaks of
the Andes, through Colombia, Ecuador
and Peru: then descend just 800 feet, and
you are at Guaqui, Bolivia the shores
of Lake Titicaca, the highest body of
water that is now traversed by steamer
You are further up in the air than the top
of Fujiyama- Japan. You are more than
twice as high as Mount Washington and
less than Loo feet below the top of Pixies
Peak You are on the shores of an inland
sea almost half as big as Lake Erie, and
in plain sight of a snow-cIad wall of ex-
unct volcanoes, some of which are nearer
10 heaven than any point on the North
American continent. Much of the high
plateau that borders the two sides of the
lake Is 1900 feet above sea level and the
lake itself is more than 200. Mt.
Soratl, at one end OF the ragged wall of
glaciers in front OF you. is more than
lIlimani are SO tall and so steep they
nave never been climbed. As l stand here
on the shores of the lake l seem to be
the very roof OF the world and as /
ride over the waters, / feel as though if
! climbed up their shores | would drop of
into space.
riding for 200 miles Oh the railroad
through the high valley between the
Andean ranges. The whole way | was
III PLAIN sight Of mountains, some of
which rose TWO miles above me, and I
could look over panpas. the sod of which
was as smooth as that OF the lawn in
front of your dwelling These high An
dean plains. which are so far above the
sea hal c. [-,G I5t
usnts resting one on top of the other
would not reach TO their altitude, We're
covered with sheep, alpacas and llamas
and spotted with the mud huts of the
lHciaHs. The latter part Of the journey
was over plains that once formed a part
OF the bed of the lake and I crossed
many streams that Were winding their
way down into it,
as | came nearer Lake TiticaCa, the
cultivated patches increased. The soil
was richer, and there were hundreds of
Indians working their crops of barley
potatoes and quinua. The foCks of sheep
became larger. and ! was told that there
are haciendaS nearby, each of which
has fiocils numbering thousands.
We stopped at Juliaca and an hour
later landed at Puno, a tn and mud town
OF oae and two story buildings rooted
with galvanized iron. | remember see
ing an American windmill close to the
STA ton that seemed to wave its arms in
welcome TO me as the train took me out
on the long pier to the steamer Yavari
There | embarked for my trip across
the lake from Peru 10 Bolivia. The dis
tance is 12O miles. and We were steaming
ali night and the greater part of the
morning. ! am now at Guaqui. the Boil
Wan port on the southern end of the
lake and not very far from the mouth
OF the river Desaguadero. This river
forms the outlet of the lake. 1t carries
us waters into Lake Poopo, which is
only a few hundred feet lower down
nearer the sea. There are dozen rivers
that flow into Lake Titicaca but the
only one that flows out of it is the Desa-
guadero. This river connects Lake Tit
caca with Lake Pampa Aullaugas, or
Lake Poopo. it is sometimes called.
Lake Poopo is only one-third as large as
Lake Titicaca, and ii has no visible
outlet. Lake Titicaca receives every
minute more than 5000 tons of water
from ih- streams that flow into it. while
less tnan sixty tons per minute are