/ ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The harbor of Rio de Janiero ... 14 Avenida Rio Branco and Opera House, Rio de Janiero 28 Taking produce to the station, Argen tine 36 Grain elevators, Buenos Aires ... 44 Interior of a gentlemen’s hat store, Asuncion, Paraguay 60 A country store in Colombia ... 60 Valparaiso 68 Lake Titicaca at Puno, Peru ... 86 Oroya Line, Peru 98 A comparison of climates . ... . 224 Drying hides and skins in Argentine . 240 Avenida Central, Rio de Janiero . . 262 Calle Rivadavia, Buenos Aires . . . 288 A Pack-train on the Andes Trail in Colombia 312 Llamas in Cerro de Pasco, Peru . . 316 Chilean infantry. See page 220 . . . 340 Advertisement of Cognac Bisquit . . 340 South American appreciation of adver tisements “made in U. S. A.” . . 342 The Plaza Hotel in Buenos Aires . . 368 MAPS South America Frontispiece Central America 138 Mexico 156 The West Indies 168