CHAPTER XVIII

WAYFARING IN BOLIVIA--THE ROYAL ANDES

Old Spanish Trail from Argentina--Customs Outpost at Majo--Sublime Mountain View--Primitive Native Life--Sunbeaten Limestone Hills--Vale of Santa Rosa--Tupiza’s People and Their Pursuits--Ladies’ Fashions among the Indian Women--Across the Chichas Cordilleras--Barren Vegetation--Experience with Siroche, or Mountain Sickness--Personal Discomforts--Hard Riding--Portugalete Pass--Alpacas and Llamas--Sierra of San Vicente--Uyuni a Dark Ribbon on a White Plain--Mine Enthusiasts--Foreign Consulates 278