Photograph  by  Underwood  Sf  Underwood

A  Pack-train  on  the  Andes  Trail  in  Colombia

“  In  the  United  States  with  every  forwarding  facility,  the  largest,  best  and  most  complete  transportation  systems ­
  on  earth,  we  are  prone  to  think  of  the  rest  of  the  world  as  being  similarly  provided  with  modern  methods  for
handling  goods.  The  fact  is  that  the  burro,  the  llama,  the  camel,  the  elephant,  the  coolie  and  the  Indian  are  yet
the  greatest  common  carriers  ”