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Title: Sight-seeing in South America
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Frizell, William Givens, 1866- (from old catalog) Greenfield, George Henry, 1873-
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Publisher: (Dayton, Ohio, The Utterbein press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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anyon of the Arizona, although it is not sovivid. At Punta de Abacas can be seen to the left the volcanoTupungato, which has a height of about 22,000 feet.Father on to the left appears a group of towering-rocks to which the Spaniards have given the name of L.osPenitentes. The larger rocks suggest a cathedral, whilethe smaller ones look like penitents approaching the ca-thedral on their knees. Accordng to the local Spanishlegend, these Penitentes were wicked men, who, repentingtoo late, were turned to stone on their wa\- to the cathe-dral on their knees. Soon after lunch we arrived at Iuente del Inca, orthe Bridge of the Incas, a natural bridge about sixty-fivefeet high and one hundred and fifty feet long, made bythe rushing Mendoza River cutting through the rocks.As the bridge and the surrounding country have a sandygray color, the bridge does not stand out sharply inphotographs. Down, and almost under the bridge, have been builtsome bathhouses, for here are three hot sulphur springs,
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Across the Andes 115 Venus, )\Iercury, and Champagne. These medicinalbaths are patronized for rheumatism and Hke diseases. A Httle beyond Puente del Inca all cameras werepointed to the right to catch a passing snap at the highest

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