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Title: One way round South America, from manuscript, notes and letters of Delight Sweetser Prentiss ... illustrated from photographs Year: 1905 (1900s) Authors: Prentiss, Delight Sweetser. [from old catalog] Subjects: Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill company Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Text Appearing Before Image: un-dred and sixty-five feet above the sea level, fromwhich it started. At the present time there areonly three passenger trains a week from Lima toOroya, slow trains, too, and not arranged fortourists comfort and pleasure, compelling travel-ers to stay over night at a miserable place in themountains and then to take the long ride downagain next day; so my strenuous husband learnedthat La Favorita, a curious combination of en-gine and coach, using Peru petroleum for fuel,could be obtained for special parties, and heforthwith engaged it at an extravagant price.And the very next day after our arrival in Lima,having no time to invite friends to accompanyus, we started on what seemed a most periloustrip, feeling very much excited and importantand pleased to have a special train all to our-selves. Of course La Favorita had an engineerand his assistant. It was an ideal way to go, forwe could stop and start at the hours we pleased,lingering as well at the many interesting pointsalong the way.

Text Appearing After Image: THE CITY OF PIZARRO 131 From the time the low plain between Limaand the foothills is crossed it is one continuous,toilsome, wonderful climb toward the heights.One feels the masterful, undaunted mind of theengineer at every step. It is usually called thegreatest piece of engineering in the world, thoughwe know wonders have been accomplished else-where and greater things are yet in store. It iscertain that nothing more daring has been at-tempted than the Infernillo, the Little Hell ofthe Oroya. Its name gives one an idea of what aticklish place it is. Here is a point that seemsimpenetrable. The huge mountains narrow to agorge, whose straight sides rise sheer for thou-sands of feet above the dashing Rimac. The nar-row opening is tortuous, and you might throwa stone across it. What a doubly awe-inspiringplace it must have been before the oppositemountains were pierced by the tunnels, for it ishere that the railroad, coming up through awinding tunnel in the solid rock, crosses thebridge th

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