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Fig. 68. — A country road near Ambato. A species of Agave is commonly 

 used as a hedge plant. Dr. Hitchcock's horse stands in the foreground with 

 a McClellan army saddle taken from Washington. The uncomfortable 

 native saddles are used with heavy pads of sheep's wool. 



Fig. 69. — A street of Lima, a fine, modern city, in which the architecture, 

 as in all South American cities, is essentially that of continental Europe 



