CHAPTER XXIX
THE PRIMITIVE INHABITANTS OF BOLIVIA--THEIR CUSTOMS AND RELIGION--THE CHOLO--PICTURESQUE TYPES 439
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR DON ISMAEL MONTES, PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA _Fronts._
ARMS OF BOLIVIA _Title page_
GENERAL SIMON BOLIVAR 17
GOVERNMENT PALACE, LA PAZ 19
THE NEW GOVERNMENT PALACE, SUCRE 21
THE ALAMEDA, THE FAVORITE PROMENADE OF LA PAZ 25
FOUNTAIN IN MURILLO PLAZA, LA PAZ 26
PRESIDENT’S COACH 27
MONUMENT TO GENERAL BALLIVIAN, LA PAZ 28
PICTURESQUE SCENE NEAR LA PAZ 29
ALAMEDA GATEWAY, LA PAZ 30
ILLIMANI 32
DOORWAY AND PATIO, COLONIAL PERIOD, LA PAZ 34
DOORWAY OF SAN LORENZO CHURCH, POTOSI 35
FACADE OF SAN FRANCISCO CHURCH, LA PAZ 37
JESUIT CONVENT TOWER IN POTOSI 38
COLONIAL SUN-DIAL, SUCRE 39
CHURCH OF SANTO DOMINGO, LA PAZ 41
TYPICAL DOORWAY, COLONIAL PERIOD, LA PAZ 43
CONVENT OF SANTA TERESA, COCHABAMBA 44
PORTAL OF HOUSE IN POTOSI 45
PANTHEON OF SAN BERNARDO, POTOSI 47
ENTRANCE TO CATHEDRAL, SUCRE 48
THE BATTALION CAMPERO ON PARADE IN SUCRE 50
DON ANTONIO SUCRE 51
CROWDS ON THE WAY TO A PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION 53
GENERAL PEDRO DOMINGO MURILLO 55
REVIEWING TROOPS IN THE AVENUE ARCE, LA PAZ 58
MONUMENT TO GENERAL SUCRE IN LA PAZ 61
FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL TREATY OF AYACUCHO 63, 64, 65
GROUP OF CAVALRY ON THE ALTOS OF LA PAZ 68
CAVALRY ON PARADE IN SUCRE 70
GENERAL JOSE MANUEL PANDO 71
GENERAL ANDRES SANTA CRUZ 73
GENERAL JOSE BALLIVIAN 74
GENERAL MANUEL ISIDORO BELZU 75
DR JOSE MARIA LINARES 76
COLONEL ADOLFO BALLIVIAN 77
SENOR DON TOMAS FRIAS 78
GENERAL NARCISO CAMPERO 79
SENOR DON GREGORIO PACHECO 81
SENOR DON ANICETO ARCE 83
SENOR DON MARIANO BAPTISTA 84
GENERAL CLODOMIRO MONTES 88
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF 1905 90
SENOR DON ELIODORO VILLAZON 91
HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP PIFFERI OF LA PLATA, SUCRE 92
LEGISLATIVE PALACE, SUCRE 94
SENOR DR VALENTIN ABECIA 96
CALLE DE RECREO, LA PAZ 97
SENOR DR MIGUEL DE LOS SANTOS TABORGA 98
STREET SCENE, LA PAZ 100
THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS 102
SENOR DON CLAUDIO PINILLA 103
RECEPTION ROOM OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE, LA PAZ 105
SENOR DON ANIBAL CAPRILES 106
SENOR DON JUAN M SARACHO 107
OFFICES OF JUSTICE AND INSTRUCTION 109
SENOR DON DANIEL DEL CASTILLO 110
THE QUARTEL, LA PAZ 111
SENOR DR JOSE QUINTEROS 112
SENOR DON MANUEL VICENTE BALLIVIAN 114
PLAZA MURILLO, LA PAZ 116
MUNICIPAL THEATRE, LA PAZ 118
A BEAUTIFUL BOLIVIAN 119
SENORA DONA BETHSABE DE MONTES 121
SENORA DONA HORTENSIA DE PINILLA 122
CARNIVAL DAYS IN COCHABAMBA 123
SENORA DONA ISABEL DE CAPRILES 124
SENORA DONA V. DEL CASTILLO 125
AUTOMOBILE PARTY IN COCHABAMBA 125
SENORA DE MANUEL VICENTE BALLIVIAN 126
PREPARING FOR A TOURNAMENT, LA PAZ 127
SENORA DE JOSE MANUEL PANDO 128
A CHALET IN THE ALAMEDA, LA PAZ 129
SENORA DE AGUIRRE ACHA 130
RESIDENCE OF SENOR ALEXANDER, LA PAZ 131
A BOLIVIAN DEBUTANTE 132
A GENERAL VIEW OF LA PAZ 134
COAT OF ARMS OF LA PAZ 135
POST OFFICE, LA PAZ 136
STREET SCENE, LA PAZ 137
HOSPITAL AND MUSEUM, LA PAZ 138
PRINCIPAL ALTAR IN THE JESUIT TEMPLE, LA PAZ 139
AVENIDA ARCE, LA PAZ 140
CONVENT OF THE CONCEPTION, LA PAZ 141
PLAZA AND GRAN HOTEL GUIBERT, LA PAZ 142
CALLE AMERICA, LA PAZ 143
PUBLIC LIBRARY, LA PAZ 144
A BUSINESS STREET IN LA PAZ 145
CHURCH OF LA MERCED, LA PAZ 146
CALLE DEL COMERCIO, LA PAZ 147
SUBURBS OF LA PAZ, ILLIMANI IN THE DISTANCE 148
INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE, LA PAZ 150
CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO, LA PAZ 152
SENOR DON JOSE ROSENDO GUTIERREZ 153
SENOR DR. NICOLAS ARMENTIA 154
OLD PAINTING ON COPPER, CATHEDRAL OF SUCRE 155
SENOR DON EVARISTO VALLE 156
SENOR DON NATANIEL AGUIRRE 157
OLD PAINTING IN THE MINT OF POTOSI 158
SENOR DR. JOSE MARIA SANTIVANEZ 159
GENERAL DON ELIODORO CAMACHO 160
AN OLD PAINTING IN THE CATHEDRAL OF SUCRE 162
SENOR DON JUAN CARILLO 163
SENOR DON AVELINO ARAMAYO 165
PAINTING IN THE MINT OF POTOSI 166
SENOR DR. JULIO RODRIGUEZ 168
SENOR DR. ANDRES MUNOZ 169
INDIANS OF POTOSI. A PAINTING BY VALDEZ 170
SENORITA ADELA ZAMUDIO, “SOLEDAD” 172
VIEW OF SUCRE FROM THE SUBURBS 174
COAT OF ARMS OF CHARCAS, NOW SUCRE 175
COLONEL DON JULIO LA FAYE 176
THE PRINCIPALITY OF GLORIETA, SUBURBS OF SUCRE 177
THE CATHEDRAL TOWER, SUCRE 178
MUNICIPAL PALACE, SUCRE 179
VIEW OF ONE OF SUCRE’S BEAUTIFUL PLAZAS 180
GROUP IN THE ASYLUM FOR THE AGED, SUCRE 181
GATEWAY OF THE ALAMEDA, SUCRE 182
MARKET SCENE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF SUCRE 183
THE HACIENDA GUEREO, SUBURBS OF SUCRE 184
THE MISSES RODRIGUEZ, SUCRE 186
MILITARY COLLEGE, LA PAZ 188
ENTRANCE TO DON BOSCO COLLEGE, LA PAZ 189
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, LA PAZ 191
SENOR DR IGNACIO TERAN 194
BOOKBINDING IN DON BOSCO COLLEGE, LA PAZ 195
PATIO OF PICHINCHA COLLEGE, POTOSI 196
SENOR DR RODOLFO SORIA GALVARRO 198
PATIO OF JUNIN COLLEGE, SUCRE 200
PUENTE SUCRE 202
PUENTE SUCRE, LOOKING TO THE POTOSI TERMINUS 203
RAILWAY STATION OF PULACAYO, HUANCHACA MINES 205
CASCADE ON THE PROPOSED ROUTE OF THE ARICA AND LA PAZ RAILWAY 207
RAILWAY CUT BETWEEN GUAQUI AND LA PAZ 208
SCENE ON THE GUAQUI AND LA PAZ RAILWAY 209
DAM AT ACHACHALLA 211
TRAIN ARRIVING IN GUAQUI FROM LA PAZ 212
CARAVAN ON THE ROAD FROM LA PAZ TO ORURO 213
MOTORING IN THE SUBURBS OF LA PAZ 215
ROAD LEADING TO MINES NEAR ORURO 217
STONE BRIDGES BETWEEN POTOSI AND CHALLAPATA 218
LAKE OF SAN PEDRO, DEPARTMENT OF LA PAZ 220
POSTILION OF THE ANDES 221
ANCIENT SEPULCHRES BETWEEN LA PAZ AND ORURO 223
PILLARS OF SANDSTONE, NEAR PORCO 225
RIVER ROCHA, NEAR COCHABAMBA 227
WEAVING THE PONCHO ON A PRIMITIVE LOOM 228
INDIANS IN FEAST COSTUMES 229
THE DEVIL’S BRIDGE ACROSS THE PILCOMAYO RIVER 230
PUENTE SAN BARTOLOME BETWEEN POTOSI AND YOCALLA 231
A FREQUENT MORNING ENCOUNTER ON THE JOURNEY 232
THE LLAMA, THE PROUDEST OF BURDEN BEARERS 233
COSTUMES WORN BY THE INDIANS ON THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF COPACABANA 234
A COUNTRY ROAD NEAR LA PAZ 235
CHALLAPATA 236
QUICHUA INDIAN GIRL OF POTOSI 238
PROCESSION OF THE VIRGIN AT COPACABANA 240
THE VIRGIN OF COPACABANA 241
SHRINE OF THE VIRGIN OF COPACABANA 242
LANDING PLACE AT COPACABANA, LAKE TITICACA 243
CROSSES CARVED OUT OF SOLID ROCK 244
PENINSULA AND CITY OF COPACABANA 245
RUINS OF INCA TEMPLE ON THE ISLAND OF THE SUN 246
VIEW OF MOUNT SORATA FROM LAKE TITICACA 248
ABOVE THE SNOW LINE, MOUNT ILLIMANI 249
INCA PALACE, ISLAND OF THE SUN 250
INDIAN PADDLING HIS “BALSA” ON LAKE TITICACA 252
EXCAVATION, SHOWING CARVINGS, TIAHUANACO 254
A VASE FOUND AT TIAHUANACO 255
MONOLITH SHOWING HIEROGLYPHICS 258
RUINS OF THE DOORWAY OF THE TEMPLE 259
ARCHED GATEWAYS OF TIAHUANACO 260
PORTAL OF A CHURCH, TIAHUANACO 261
CYCLOPEAN STONES OF TUNCA PUNCO 261
ANCIENT DOORWAY, CARVED OUT OF SOLID ROCK 262
STONE HEADS EXCAVATED AMONG THE RUINS 263
IDOL OF UNKNOWN ANTIQUITY 264
RUINS OF AN UNFINISHED STAIRWAY 264
HARVESTING COCA IN THE YUNGAS 266
STREET SCENE IN THE YUNGAS 267
COROICO, CAPITAL OF NORTH YUNGAS 268
PRINCIPAL PLAZA OF COROICO, NORTH YUNGAS 269
CHULUMANI, CAPITAL OF SOUTH YUNGAS 270
INDIAN COCA GATHERERS IN THE YUNGAS 271
A CALLAPO, OR RAFT, ON THE RIVER LOAYZA 272
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER LOAYZA 273
PALCA, ON THE ROUTE TO THE YUNGAS 273
CUTTING SUGAR CANE IN THE YUNGAS 274
TOWN OF IRUPANA, IN THE YUNGAS 275
TYPICAL INDIAN OF THE YUNGAS 276
THE PLAZA, COCHABAMBA 278
THE ALAMEDA, COCHABAMBA 279
LA PUERTA DE COCHABAMBA 280
THERMAL SPRINGS NEAR COCHABAMBA 281
CALLE COMERCIO, COCHABAMBA 282
FEAST DAY OF SAN SEBASTIAN, COCHABAMBA 283
PAVILION IN THE ALAMEDA, COCHABAMBA 284
CHURCH OF SAN PEDRO, COCHABAMBA 286
LOVERS’ TREE IN CALA-CALA, COCHABAMBA 288
CACHIMAYO HACIENDA, NEAR SUCRE 290
PICTURESQUE SCENE IN THE RUBBER REGION 291
VINEYARDS OF PARANI, DEPARTMENT OF LA PAZ 293
ENTRANCE TO CACHIMAYO HACIENDA, NEAR SUCRE 294
FERTILE VALLEY ON THE ROUTE OF THE ARICA AND LA PAZ RAILWAY 295
CATTLE FAIR IN SUCRE 296
COACH ROAD TO OBRAJES, NEAR LA PAZ 297
VALLEY OF SOPOCACHI, NEAR LA PAZ 298
SINKING GROUND, CERRO DE MILLUNI 299
SHEEP RANCH ON THE BOLIVIAN PLATEAU 300
THE MARKET PLACE, COCHABAMBA 301
FRUIT VENDOR OF COCHABAMBA 302
PATIO OF THE NATIONAL MINT, POTOSÍ 304
WOODEN MACHINERY IN THE OLD MINT OF POTOSÍ 305
FOUNDRY OF THE MINT, POTOSÍ 306
LA PAZ CUSTOM HOUSE 307
TUPIZA CUSTOM HOUSE ON THE ARGENTINE BORDER 308
ARGANDONA BANK, SUCRE 309
GERMAN-CHILEAN BANK, ORURO 310
NATIONAL BANK OF BOLIVIA, SUCRE 311
IMPORTING HOUSE OF MORALES AND BERTRAM, SUCRE 312
IMPORTING HOUSE OF BEBIN BROTHERS, CHALLAPATA 313
STREET OF THE BANKS, SUCRE 314
GUAQUI, ON LAKE TITICACA 315
PUERTO SUAREZ, A PORT ON THE PARAGUAY RIVER 316
THE NATIONAL MINT, POTOSÍ 318
WOMEN EXPERTS SORTING ORES, HUANCHACA SILVER MINES 320
ENTRANCE TO PULACAYO MINE, HUANCHACA 321
PORCO, SITE OF THE OLDEST SILVER MINES IN BOLIVIA 323
SILVER AND TIN MINES, REAL SOCAVON, POTOSÍ 324
ESTABLISHMENT OF SOUX AND HERNANDEZ, POTOSÍ 325
ASSORTED TIN ORES 326
BARS OF TIN, MINES OF BEBIN BROTHERS, POTOSÍ 327
CARTS OF SILVER ORE FROM HUANCHACA MINES 328
LOADING TIN ON CARTS, MULES, AND LLAMAS, SOUX AND HERNANDEZ SMELTING FOUNDRY, POTOSÍ 329
VIEW OF HUANCHACA, CENTRE OF RICH SILVER MINES 330
AQUEDUCT OF YURA 331
GENERAL VIEW OF PULACAYO MINES, HUANCHACA 331
LAKE AND DAM IN THE CORDILLERA 333
ARRIEROS PHOTOGRAPHED FOR IDENTIFICATION, POTOSÍ 334
PRINCIPAL PLAZA OF POTOSÍ DURING A PROCESSION 336
MONUMENT OF LIBERTY, POTOSÍ 337
THE IMPERIAL CITY OF POTOSÍ 338
CITY HALL, POTOSÍ 339
PICHINCHA PLAZA, POTOSÍ 339
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL STREETS OF POTOSÍ 340
STREET SCENE SHOWING CERRO DE POTOSÍ 341
OLD COLONIAL DOORWAY OF THE MINT, POTOSÍ 342
CERRO DE POTOSÍ, OVERLOOKING THE CITY 343
THERMAL SPRINGS OF TARAPAYA, NEAR POTOSÍ 344
ARTIFICIAL LAKE OF SAN SEBASTIAN, NEAR POTOSÍ 345
COMMERCIAL HOUSE OF BEBIN BROTHERS, POTOSÍ 346
BREAD VENDOR, POTOSÍ 346
ARTIFICIAL LAKE ILLIMANI, NEAR POTOSÍ 347
COAT OF ARMS OF POTOSÍ 348
COROCORO, CENTRE OF THE GREATEST COPPER MINES IN SOUTH AMERICA 350
IN THE HEART OF THE COROCORO COPPER REGION 351
COLQUECHACA, CELEBRATED FOR ITS MINES 353
MINING TOWN OF INQUISIVI 354
CARRYING FREIGHT TO THE MINES OF QUIMSACRUZ 355
FAMOUS ROSICLER SILVER MINES, COLQUECHACA 356
IRON MOUNTAIN ON THE ROAD FROM LA PAZ TO THE MINES 357
MOUNT KAKA-ACA 358
TRANSPORTATION OF COPPER FROM THE COROCORO MINES 359
THREE PRINCIPAL MINING ESTABLISHMENTS OF COROCORO 361
MINING DISTRICT OF QUIMSACRUZ, NEAR ORURO 362
CITY OF ORURO 364
COAT OF ARMS OF ORURO 365
MAIN PLAZA, ORURO 367
SAN JOSE, ORURO 369
MINERS’ HOLIDAY AT SAN JOSE, ORURO 370
MINE OF SAN JOSE, ORURO 371
SILVER AND TIN SMELTING WORKS, POOPO 373
BERENGUELA TIN MINES 374
GOLD WASHING AT CHUQUIAGUILLO, NEAR LA PAZ 376
DISTANT GLIMPSE OF TUPIZA, THROUGH A TUNNEL 377
RICH GOLD MINING REGION OF CHUQUIAGUILLO 378
ADMINISTRATION HOUSE, CHUQUIAGUILLO MINES 379
MOUNTAIN OF CHOROLQUE, SITE OF THE HIGHEST TIN AND BISMUTH MINES IN THE WORLD 381
QUECHISLA, MINING ESTABLISHMENT 382
DREDGE IN CONSTRUCTION AT SAN JUAN DE ORO MINES, TUPIZA 383
PICTURESQUE VIEW OF TUPIZA 385
PLAZA OF TUPIZA 386
THE INDIAN MISSION OF SANTA CRUZ 388
COAT OF ARMS OF SANTA CRUZ 389
GOVERNMENT PALACE, SANTA CRUZ 391
CALLE FLORIDA, SANTA CRUZ 392
OLD QUARTER OF SANTA CRUZ 393
PICTURESQUE PLAZA OF SANTA CRUZ 394
CALLE DEL COMERCIO, SANTA CRUZ 395
SANTA CRUZ, SHOWING LAKE IN THE VICINITY 396
CACIQUE AND HIS FAMILY, SANTA CRUZ 397
LAS BARRERAS, A HACIENDA NEAR SANTA CRUZ 399
THE CACTUS OF SANTA CRUZ 400
OPENING THE ROAD FROM PUERTO PACHECO, ON THE PARAGUAY RIVER 402
GIANT TREE IN TARIJA 403
THE NARROWS, NEAR TARIJA 405
BOLIVIAN COMMISSION OF LIMITS, IN THE CHACO 407
PALM TREES IN THE GRAN CHACO 408
SCENE ON THE PILCOMAYO RIVER 409
CAMP OF CHOROTIS IN THE BOLIVIAN CHACO 410
COAT OF ARMS OF TARIJA 412
STEAMBOAT ON THE MAMORE RIVER, EL BENI 414
THE RUBBER GATHERER AT WORK, EL BENI 415
MISSION OF COVENDO ON THE BENI RIVER 416
THE ACRE DELEGATION LEAVING TRINIDAD 417
CALLAPOS ON THE BENI RIVER 418
CUTTING A PATH THROUGH THE FOREST 418
A CAMP IN THE RUBBER FOREST, EL BENI 419
CARRYING PROVISIONS TO THE RUBBER CAMP 420
VIEW NEAR SUAPI CENTRAL, UPPER BENI 421
NAVIGATION ON THE UPPER BENI 422
RUBBER TREES, EL BENI 423
GRAN CRUZ HACIENDA 424
COAT OF ARMS OF EL BENI 424
RIVER BOAT ON THE MADRE DE DIOS, TERRITORIO DE COLONIAS 426
A CHOZA, HUT OF RUBBER GATHERERS 427
THE KNAUDT EXPEDITION IN CAMP 428
A BATELON ON THE MADRE DE DIOS 429
RAPIDS OF THEOTONIO, MADEIRA RIVER 430
VIEW OF THE MADEIRA RIVER 431
FORDING THE RIVER PIQUENDO 431
CONFLUENCE OF THE BENI AND MAMORE RIVERS, VILLA BELLA 432
RIVER PORT OF GUARAYOS 433
SCENE ON THE MAMORE RIVER 433
CAMP OF RUBBER GATHERERS 434
TRANSHIPPING CARGO AT THE RAPIDS OF THEOTONIO, ON THE MADEIRA RIVER 435
GLIMPSE OF FOREST AND STREAM IN THE RUBBER REGION 436
DANCING THE KENA-KENA 438
INDIAN WATER CARRIER OF LA PAZ 439
PICTURESQUE TYPE OF THE COCHABAMBA INDIAN 440
TEMBETAS, INDIANS OF SANTA CRUZ 440
INDIANS OF POTOSÍ 441
THE STIRRUP-CUP 442
QUICHUA INDIAN 443
A GENIAL BEGGAR OF COCHABAMBA 443
INDIANS IN FIESTA AT TRINIDAD, THE BENI 444
CHOLA OF POTOSÍ, IN COSTUME OF FIESTA 445
CHOROTIS, INDIANS OF THE CHACO 445
CHOLA OF THE BOLIVIAN PLATEAU 446
THE MODE OF CARRYING THE BABY 446
A CHOLA BELLE OF POTOSÍ 447
AYMARA INDIANS OF TITICACA PLATEAU 447
GUARAYO INDIANS 448
A BRIDAL COUPLE 449
ALL SOULS’ DAY IN THE CEMETERY 450
MAP OF BOLIVIA _Facing_ 450
INTRODUCTION
Writers on South America generally dismiss Bolivia with a brief description which affords no adequate idea of its real place among the republics of the New World or of its unique interest from many points of view. The present volume, the fourth of my series on the Latin-American republics, is devoted to this important country with the object of making it better known, not only as the home of a liberty-loving nation, but as a land of unlimited commercial possibilities, destined to command universal attention.
The history of Bolivia is particularly fascinating for the glimpses its monuments give of the unsolved mysteries of antiquity, and because its people supply the keynote to the interpretation of Spanish-American character. The colonists of Alto Peru became Americanized earlier than did the people of any of the other Spanish possessions in the New World. The Criollo’s sympathies were, from the first, more American than Spanish; and while he preserved many inherited characteristics, he acquired others which in time developed within him that unconquerable spirit of freedom--the influence of the West working its spell upon heart and life--which led inevitably to national independence.
Aside from its historical and scientific interest, Bolivia is a subject worthy of study for more practical reasons. By its position as the central highway of South America, it is the natural distributing point for traffic across the continent, lying midway between the Atlantic and Pacific coast countries, its borders touching Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru. Its industrial possibilities are awakening general interest and enterprise, and there is every prospect of a speedy revival of the prestige which this country enjoyed three centuries ago, as one of the richest and most prosperous lands in the world, when the name of its famous city of Potosí gave to the language of all countries a synonym for fabulous wealth.
No one can make a just and impartial study of the South American countries and their people without regretting the widespread ignorance that prevails regarding them; and as my work progresses, each year finds me more enthusiastic on the subject of their present conditions and the prospects which they enjoy. It has been said that my fault lies in seeing the best rather than the worst side of life in South America, and the critics have blamed me, in some instances, for failing to describe more fully the less admirable features of these countries. But it is quite as possible to err through a disposition to magnify the shortcomings of a nation as from too lenient judgment. Books written on any country by visiting foreigners show how unfair and exaggerated the criticisms of a pessimistic alien can be in the opinion of those best informed. The story of Bolivia is that of strong, sturdy, and determined people, who have abounding faith in their country’s future and persistent courage to direct its destiny.
During my stay in Bolivia, and especially while making my journey of a thousand miles on muleback in the interior, visiting the capital and other cities, I found this beautiful country most attractive and interesting. The magnificent scenery, the glorious climate, the absolute security with which one may travel unmolested from one end of the country to the other, and, above all, the gracious and kindly welcome received everywhere are among the recollections of my visit which remain a constant delight, and inspire me with the desire to make better known both the land and its charming people.
The unfailing attentions shown me will always be remembered with appreciation. With sincere gratitude I thank His Excellency President Ismael Montes and the ministers of his Cabinet for many courtesies. I am honored to have received from the illustrious representative of the Bolivian nation constant evidences of gracious and kindly interest in my work and I feel deeply indebted to his distinguished ministers for their generous coöperation, by facilitating my journeys through the country and providing me with important information.
MARIE ROBINSON WRIGHT.
_Philadelphia, October 25, 1906._
BOLIVIA