The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-07

ont of the holes. The only difference
that and this road up the An
des is that each Of these holes gives
you a moving picture show or mag
nificent grandeur.
I wish I could show you some or the
formations Of the Andes. Iney sur
pass in their wonders the Alps ano
the Rockies, and I have seen nothing
like them in the HimalayaS. We have
a little patch OF four hundred acres
in Colorado at the foothills Of the
Rockies. which we call the Garden OF
the Gods. Not far from Cerro de
Pasc IN the heart OF the Andes, look
ed down upon by peaks
from 1900 to 10000 feet high, IS q
similar garden, which covers tens or
thousands Of acres n with an hun
dred formations where the Colorado
garden has one. In the Andes there
is one rock called the King, a gigantic
figure as big as a house. with a crown
on it's top poised upon a neck not
more than three feet in diameter. and
so long that it carries the great head
high above all its surroundings. There
fAanother rock known as the Turtle,
a gigantic block the shape of a tor
toise that is believed to uphold the
world. A third looks like a great
steamboat perched on a pedestal, and
a fourth is a mighty tower chiseled
out by the gods. In this same region
Is the Rock Forest, consisting OF hun
dreds Of acres Of columns which stand
individually out on the plain n
which in the distance look like a
great woods.
And then there are castles. palaces
and grand Notifications. With a lit
tie imagination you can find almost
a ~ " bind ~ raI,i%A1t,,r nv thu y,ondo1
Of any great structure. I have seen
a table rock which hangs over the
harbor at Cape Town in South Africa.
There are table rocks Of marble here
in the Andes which look as though
they had been cut by a sculptor.
Going to Cerro de Pasco I saw rocks
K those of the Giants CauseWay, al
though they were not of hexagonal
shape, and in riding through the
mountains I have seen castles of the
purest white marble which in their
grandeur excel those mighty ruins,
the work Of man, on the Rhine. These
mountains have all the colors of the
Colorado canyon. Now the rock is
blazing white above and a marble
palace seems to have risen out of the
golden rocks below, which in turn re-
mind one Of the rusted marbles Of the
ParthenOn at Athens. Here the rocks
are brown, further on they are blue,
red, or gray. The gray is the most
prominent color close to the sea. Much
Of the formation is limestone. Here
the mountains are ragged and rough.
Further OF they rise into ruined
cities. 1 saw some the color of old
red sandstone. They made me think
Of the grand Notifications Of Delhi in
India l saw others which had spires
like the cathedrals of Cologne and
Milan. These spires were as white
as Carrara marble and they gl~istened
like snow under the sun. Other rocks
were dome-shaped, and others extend
! n great waves showing the folds in
the earth, forming curving walls OF
wonderful beauty.
The vegetation Of the Andes Is won.
derful: I we already written Of the
Rimac valley, which broadens out In
to an irrigated plain at the sea and
climbs its winding way through mar
row gorges, with patches Of soil here
and there to the top Of the coasta,
range to a height Of almost three
miles This has sugar cane, cotton
and orchards at the base Higher VI
are alfalfa and grass, and higher still
are small grains Of various kinds
Fruits can be grown all the way t.
the top. For the first two miles o.
altitude the mountains about are al
most altogether a desert. Then come:
a sprinkling Of greer with many vile
flowers. Higher still the green deep.
ems, and, after going over the pas:
and reaching the high plateau which
IS upheld by the two mighty range.
OF the Andes nearest the coast. yO,
come into a land which seems to b.
a bed Of green moss with tufts O.
grass here and there. This is tn,
vegetation Of h high plateaus, which
covers millions Of acres and uppor
vast herds Of liamaS and sheep.
L rode for about a hundred mile,
over those plains, passing flock afte1
flock of fat sheep, with tails as bis
around as my arm. To my eyes The,
seemed to have nothing to eat. bu
they live on moss and the thin, flzz-
!. grass and grow fat. Some OF tn,
sheep are owned by rich capitalists
There is n firm which has 81.
: n another near Cerro de Pasct
J which own so, 900 and more. Their,
! are also hundreds OF squatterS. In
1 dams or ChOloS, who have small