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original intention seems to have been for a hand- 

 rail, but the bridge has so sunk away from them 

 that they can only be reached here and there even 

 by a very tall man." 



[These are the only references I can find to the 

 dangerous bridges in the Andes, which Spruce 

 must have so frequently had to cross in his numerous 

 excursions.] 



