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THE LAST CRUISE OF THE CARNEGIE 



Sundays and evenings in port were spent going to the movies, 

 window-shopping, attending bull-fights, and in making trips to 

 places of historic interest. Of these excursions, one of the most 

 interesting was that taken by Parkinson and Torreson to the 

 ancient Inca ruins at Pachacamac. They were accompanied by 

 Dr. and Mrs. Tovar, whom they had met while they were sta- 

 tioned in Huancayo as observers, before the cruise commenced. 



Native Dancers Pay a Visit to the Huancayo Magnetic Observatory 

 They are dressed for one of the numerous festivals. 



No opportunities were missed for seeing characteristic Peruvian 

 life. The native markets, national lotteries, and coca-chewing, 

 were new experiences. It was also new to live in a country where 

 almost every essential commodity of daily life is controlled by a 

 monopoly. Matches, tobacco, and sugar, for example, are all 

 on this list. There is a twenty -five dollar fine for carrying a 

 cigarette-lighter, or any matches except those of Peruvian manu- 

 facture. Someone in the United States had the sense of humor 

 to send one of our men a lighter for Christmas! We were usually 



