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Fig. 53. — American Hospital at Portovelo. This hospital belongs to the 

 South American Development Company and is in charge of an American 

 doctor. Much is being done here to relieve the condition of the poor in 

 southern Ecuador. Photograph by George Rose. 



Fi(,. 54.— Market view. The buwl contains wild lilueberries (Vacciiiiitvi 

 iii(>rti)iia). Photograph by George Rose. 



