El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-13

/ -" UAQUI, Bolivia, June I3.-Take a
seat on the aeroplane Of your i'm
agination and point its nose to-
ward the sky. Pull the lever and guide
4 yourself straight upward until YOU are
more than two and half miles above
the level Of the sea Then fly about
1000 miles straight 10 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
Z Colombia Ecuador and Peru; then de-
scend Just 500 feet, and you are at Qua
quL Bolivia, on the shores Of Lake Ii
tcaca, the highest body Of water that
is now traversed by a 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 l5UU
feet below the top of Pixies Peak You
are on the shores Of an inland sea. al
most half as big as Lake Erie, and IN
plain sight Of snoWclad wall Of ex-
L1ncr volcanoes, some Of which are nearer
to heaven than any point on the North
American continent Much Of the nigh
plateau that borders the tvs sides OF
the lake is $1,000 feet above sea level,
and the lake Itself is more than 1880
Mt SOrati, at one end Of the ragged
wall Of glaciers in front of you, is more
than $4,000 feet high; and the glaciers
on Mt. Illimani are so tall and so steep
they have never been climbed
/ came to Lake Tiucaca from Cuzco,,
riding for 200 miles on the railroad
through the high valley between the
Andean ranges The whole way was
in plain sight of mountains, some OF
which rose two miles above me, and
could look over pampas, the SOD OF
which was as smooth as that OF the
lawn in front Of your dwelling. These
high Andean plains, which are so far
above the sea that 20 Washington mon
umentS resting one on top OF the other
would not reach their altitude were
--H-ea "a Hos "a
and spotted with the mud huts Of the !
indians. The latter part Of the jour /
ney was over plains that once formed a |
part Of the ed Of the lake, and !
crossed many streams that were wind /
ing their way down into it.
Trip Across Lake.
We stopped AT Juliaca and an hour /
later landed at Puno, a tin and mud /
town Of one and two story buildings,
rooted with galvanized iron. 1 re- /
member seeing an American windmill /
close to the station, that seemed to /
wave its arms IN welcome to me a the /
train took me out on the long pier to /
the steamer YavarL There 1 embarked 4
for my trip across the LAKE from Peru 4
to Bolivia The distance is 100 miles
and We were steaming all night and
the greater part Of the morning. I am
now at GuaQui, the Bolivian port OF, I
the southern end Of the lake. and not
very far from the mouth Of the river
Desag uaderO-
lake. It carries its waters into Lake
PoOpO, which is only a few hundred feet
lower down nearer the sea There are I
a dozen rivers that flow into Lake
but the only one that flows |
out Of it is the Desaguadero. This river !
Lake Titicaca with Lake Pam
pa Aullaugas, or Lake PoopO. as il is I
some times called. Lake POopo is only !
one-third as large as Lake Titicaca, and
Il has no visible outlet
Lake Titicaca receives every minute
more than 5000 tons Of water from the
streams that flow into il. while less
than so tons per minute are known to
TOW out. Lake POOpO is its only res
ervoir' and the DesaguaderO is the
iownspout from one to the other. These |
-Wo lakes receive the drainage Of a !
great part Of the Andean plateau Their |
outlets must be subterranean.
In crossing to Guaqui. I went over
places that were 1000 feet deep, and | ,
lght next TO the famous Island OF the /
sum where the Inca race had its begin
ing. saw one where a depth of 1000 !
eet mad been reached In landing upon {