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

, sacred than Plymouth Rock is to Us.
I II Is said to have been plated with
gold and kept covered with a veil The
temples about il were decorated with
goIa, which the Incas looked upon as
the SOudi1led tears OF the sun
About SIX miles from Titicaca is the
1slanQ OF the Noon This island is now
called Coat In coming TO GuaQui. as
We wound our way around the PENN
slla OF COpOcaban We skirted its
shores, and with our glasses could see
me ruins that stiu stand on the hill
slueS Here was the temple Of the
moon and the palace Of the wife Of the
inca ana mere also was the great con-
vent where lived the virgins of the sun
Inc ruins show the remains OF many
rooms, surrounding a court They are
hlsn upon terraces. the walls Of which
are put together without cement The
stones join as closely as those IN the
IorJlIIcatiOns Of Sacsahuaman. or in the
temples Of Cuzco.
Important Trade Station.
The Lake TIticaca OF today is more in
teresting than the traditional lake Of the
past u Is now the half way station on
one Of the chief high roads OF traffic from
the capital Of Bolivia out 10 the ocean and
H4rlnWarc 10 the Panama canal Right here
al Guaqui they are now unloading flour
from California. That flour has come u
lhe Andes and over the rake. and it is now
nelng put on the railroad train that will
take ii from here 10 La Pa On the
NAarFes are stacks Of Oregon pine. and
our ship. the Navari is loaded with mining
l-'-l4llneEy ana other goods Tor Bolivia The
purser Of the boat tells me that the steam
ers always run full. and that during his
last trip he carried 10000 pounds Of tin
across 10 Puuo on its way to the sea on
our steamer we had rolls Of paper from the
United states FOR the dailies of the BolIv-
IAN capital and also the boiler Of a rail-
railroad
The greater part OF the freight Of Bo-
lvia Is now going this way out 10 the
ocean The distance from Ia Pa n Mol
lenco on the Pacific is about 500 miles and
the passenger trip from one place TO the
uonal charge for the chair car from Mol
lendo TO Lake Titicaca- The trip can now
De made very comfortably and within con-
> uelaply less than two days. The first Z
stage Of the journey is TO Arequipa. whose /
altitude is about that OF Mexico City. Here :
one stays over night
The next stage is all day ride. during I
which you cross pass almost three miles I'm I
height, and then slide down TO Lake Titi- I
ABOVE the sea The third stage is the trip /!
across the lake. and the fourth is "a four !
hour ride over the high plateau Of Bolivia ;
10 the great basin in which La PaZ lies I Q
doubt whether there is a journey on earth I
mat VIII show as great variety OF travel Z
and 50 much magnificent scenery
ADDED 10 this is the side trip TO Cuzco-
! iiaL Is one OF the wonder tours OF the age =
lt requires two or three days additional. /
lul pc Is Wei worth fl, and when our canal 4
IS completed % will he undertaken BY thOus-
inds OF American tourists.
Hunting is Good.
u seems strange TO think OF hunting and /
lshins IN these bleak regions Of the high
ANDES nevertheless. this Is one Of the
game preserves OF the continent I am told
nat there are millions Of ducks that fire.
luent these lakes. / saw thousands from /
ne deck OF my steamer as I rode across it. I
mere were teal. snipe and mud hens, and |
several other varieties Of wild fowl. all so I
lose that ] could have shot them with my I
eFolv-r- one Of the chief hunting resorts I
al the mouth OF the Desaguadero river. Z
md i am told that the Americans who live
n La Paz frequently 90 there TO hunt. and 7
hat they bring back an the way from 500
o $500 ducks at one trip. There is plenty
I deer In the mountains near the lake and
ther fine hunting.
Titicaca has some fish but none game
nuugh 10 attract spOrtsmen. Mr.. Horace ]
T. Knowles. our former minister TO Bolivia,
las taken up the stocking Of the the lake !
With new varieties. and our fish commission
@pects 20 send here the spawn and young
some OF our lake trout. whltefish and I
liver salmon The Bolivian government is
Interested IN the matter and it may be I
hat these high waters will eventually be I
opulated with the best Of our Ga=< sslbez