The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-06

AynafaS VINO use llamaS as their
beats of burden and who raise the
alpacas from which We get the fine
wool Of that name. In Paraguay
shall see the G~uaranis, who have nix
ed with the whites and become large
~ civilized and who now own farms
and ranches, and in Patagonia l may
come into contract with the Tehuel-
cheS, the tailest OF the red men. many
Of whom are owe SIX feet and Of
mighty proportions
In addition to these there are saw
age tribes in the Paraguay and ANA
Zon basins, many Of whom go almost
naked and some Of whom are head
hunters. l have had chance to buy
heads cured by these Indians several
times before on my travels, and | am
told that one can get a human head.
shrunk to h size OF a fist. in some
parts OF interioro Ecuador for 500
Big Cities Of South America.
When / travelled over South Amer
lea fifteen years ago the biggest town
on the continent was not larger than
the Baltimore Of TO-DAY. Since then
many of the cities have been increas-
ing more rapidly than any United
States municipality, and now there
are two cities Of over a million. h
largest Latin city OF the world is
Euenos Aires, the capital OF Argen-
tina, and there are few places in h
world which compare with It IN rich
ness and beauty. At the last census il
is now estimated to contain more than
1900, 600. At its present rate Of
growth it will soon rpa Chicago,
and it promises to be one OF the most
beautiful cities of this hemisphere,
Within the past few years tens Of
millions of dollars nave been spent
upon city improvements. The con-
ooCta6 hllG4naSC Sorfinn0 hQVa haon
cut through to make wide avenues.
and magnificent public buildings have
beer erected. h city has n news
paper building which is said to have
cost 5000, 600, n it has fine resi-
dences and palaces galore.
Rio de JaneirO has now more han
a million population and it has with
in a very few years spent more than
800, 900, 0Oo or municipal improve
ments. It has taken advantage Of
our health work at Panama, and has
wiped out every vestige OF yellow fe-
yer, SO that it is now as safe for the
traveller as any town of the world.
Santiago de Chile is growing, and
it's famous public park. situate on a
little table mountain IN the heart Of
the city, is one or the wonders OF
landscape gardening. Montevideo is
a gem, and there are other cities
which can give points to us in modern
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government.
Great Natural Wonders.
It would take more than a letter To
even mention the natural wonders of
n South American continent. There
is no system except the Hi
malayas which compares in gran
deur with the mighty Andes, and
there IS no river which is equal in
volume and in its vast number Of
nav1gable tributaries to the Amazon.
South America has the highest lakes
In the world Lake Titicaca, which
lies between Peru and Bolivia. That
lake is two miles straight up in the
air above the level Of the sea, and
it is as big as Lake Erie. It has snow
capped Mountains about it, and It's
islands are filled with the ruins Of
unknown civilizations. The falls Of
he Parana in eastern Brazil are said
to surpass the Niagara in tn ;r won
derful features. and the branches of
the Amazon have mighty cascades al
! most unknown.
The Gateway to South America.
l am sailing tomorrow for the 18TH
mus Of Panama to see the canal as
It looks at its completion. / saw il
. first more than seventeen years ago
!. Then the French were in charge, and
! they had 5000 negroes at work.
:! visited it again when Uncle Sam be-
: gan to organize his force under En-
: gineer Wallace, and l have been OF
. the ground from time to time while
: the greatest army OF laborers the
: world has ever known, under Col
: Goethals, has been plowing down the
mountains and damming the streams
? The great ditch has now separated
: he continents. but at the same time
/. it has tied their peoples and thu
countries more closely together, ane
: it will for the future be the grea
gateway from one to the other. NJ
next letter will describe it as it look,
today and Is it will loo when tn
z ships go through
; FRANZ G. CARPENTER.