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In The Andes

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
September
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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A tra veler in the heart of the Andes tells, in "Tropical America," how he relieved his feelings when, having ascended the l'aramillos, he found himself at the summit, nine thousand feet above the sea leveL The scenery had increased in grandeur every hour since daybreak, and now two magnifieent spectacles were to be enjoyed. The first was a broad view of the Cuyo valley, southward I and eastward, with Mendoza, its shaded streets, its plazas and its suburban farms and vineyards directly below us and so near that with a glass streets and houses eould be identified. The second was an inspiring glimpse of the niiiin Andean chain, now suddenly towering thousands of feet above us in the west. Tupungato, in solemn majesty, looked down upon us from the clouds. Then with a sharp turn in the bridlepath a hundred snow-clads were revealed at once. It was a spectacle to fire the blood. I had no companion in sympathy with my enthusiasm, but the Chilean guide at least had ears to hear compliments showered upon his native mountains. Leaping from the mulé I shoutcd: "Magnifico! Magnifico!" Then feeling the inadequacy of the unfamiliar Spanish tongue forexpressing genuino Yankee feeling, I addedi 'i!ail Columbia! Glory Hallelujah!" A flush of patriotic pride illurainated the Chilean's face, and he repeated: "Magnifico!" There we stood in rapture, gazing at the Andean kings, with their snowy ermine falling from their stately shoulders.

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Ann Arbor Courier