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English: A Visit to Chile and the Nitrate Fields of Tarapaca, 1890, page 235: "From the Station I walked to the beach, close to the
railway, where the surf was breaking on the rocks, and the bolsa men were loading the lighters with nitrate, an operation exceedingly well-managed and very interesting to look at. The lighters cannot approach the shore owing t o the surf, and they can only lie at the pier when it is very smooth indeed, and that very seldom happens on this Pacific coast. So the nitrate bags are carried from the wharf by the iioba men off to the lighters, which lie outside the line of breakers. ((Practice makes perfect.” The bolsa is simply a couple of large bladders, which are made from the skins of the sea-lions, which are dressed and trimmed by the Chilians; along the coast, the extremities being closed and sewn up in the form of a ..." |
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Source | A Visit to Chile and the Nitrate Fields of Tarapaca, etc. by William Howard Russell, Ll.D. With illustrations of Mr. Melton Prior | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Saltpeter Works of Chile, Tarapaca, Valparaiso, Railroad of Chile
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