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and camping- equipment and be independent, or he may stop at the wretched and 

 filthy pubhc places affording travellers accommodation: If he choose the former, 

 he will find it difficult to secure suitable places for his camps. Every, place which 

 affords fertility and good water supply is sure to be preempted by inhabitants, 

 and the whole neighborhood will be so filthy that one can scarcely endure the 

 experience of cooking and sleeping there. The moment that he stops and pro- 

 ceeds to make his camp, he is spotted by the over-curious inhabitants and the 

 news is quickly spread. Even in the most sparsely inhabited locality, his camp 

 is sure to be surrounded before meal time has arrived by a crowd of shameless 

 starers who follow every detail of the operations with the utmost vulgarity and 

 who usually endeavor to handle freely the utensils and dishes and even the food 

 with their filthy fingers. If he elects to stop at the public places, he is not much 

 better off. As he enters the outskirts of the village, he finds that observant indi- 

 viduals are awaiting his approach. As he passes along the street toward his hotel, 

 he is followed and surrounded by an ever increasing crowd, that forces its way 

 into the hotel grounds and even into his room, intent upon learning everything 

 possible about the stranger. 



Insects are almost always annoying, sometimes seriously so, and their bites 

 are frequently infectious. The food is mostly poor, unless one provides his own 

 the worst feature of it being the want of cleanliness with which it is prepared and 

 served. 



The expenses of travel, after one has paid for the hire of his beasts and 

 muleteer, are exceedingly small. Three of us have remained over night at a 

 tambo, although we slept upon the ground, and were furnished with both dinner 

 and breakfast, together with pasturage for our animals, at a total cost of' fifty 

 cents. This was the lowest price that I have ever been charged, but a dollar 

 apiece for lodging, dinner in the evening and coffee in the morning, with fodder 

 for our animals, is about what one can expect. His food of course at these rates 

 is very poor, but for a small additional sum, he can obtain poultry and other 

 extras. There will be many times, in the more sparsely settled regions, when 

 one will be unable to obtain any food whatever. He may find a human habita- 

 tion, but the occupants will not rarely be found without a particle of food of any 

 kind that they can spare. 



Sleeping upon the ground or in hammocks or cots is agreeable so far as 

 ventilation and freedom are concerned, but it is difficult to protect oneself against 

 mosquitoes and other flying insects and still more so against those that creep upon 

 the ground. Everywhere the ants are running by millions and even when they 

 do not bite, it is rather disagreeable to feel them crawling over one's body. Spi- 

 ders are abundant and some of them are quite poisonous. 



