Photo from Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams 



VIEW ON THE ORIXOCO RIVER, VENEZUELA 



This great river, which is approximately 1,500 miles long, and is supposed to have 436 

 triljutaries, has never been properly explored, although in the days of the Spanish con- 

 quistadores it was the scene of many voyages of discovery in search of El Dorado. It 

 flows into the sea through a delta which is 700 square miles in area, and so little above 

 sea-level that great tracts of it are periodically flooded. The influence of the tides can be 

 seen in April, when tlie water is lowest, as far up the river as Ciudad Bolivar. ^Ji miles 

 "from its mouth. Although it presents a magniticent waterway, the Orinoco is but little used 

 for steamboat traffic. 



big waterway. Already thousands of 

 concessions are being issued, and Colom- 

 bia, practically virgin territory so far as 

 dcNelopnient is concerned, promises to 

 be invaded by a great army of men whose 

 mission it will he to convert her latent 

 wealth into usable money. 



X'enezueia considers herself a sort of 

 natural stopping ])lace for travel that 

 passes through the Panama Canal. With 

 two of the most wonderful railroads in 

 the world, leading from La Guaira and 

 Porto Cabello to Caracas, one of the most 

 charming of all the .Vmerican capitals, it 

 is certain that no i)lace can hold out more 

 attractions for the tourist. 



On the one road the traveler must ride 

 23 miles to make seven, and that in itself 

 tells a story of a wonderful mountain 

 road, with zigzags and windings galore, 

 with high bridges, gorges thousands of 

 feet deep, and other touches of scenery 



not surpassed in its grandeur and beauty 

 anywhere. On the other road there are 

 86 tunnels in less than 100 miles of rail- 

 way, and it would seem that a third of 

 the route was made up of bridges. 



Caracas has a situation to be compared 

 only to that of Mexico City. It has a 

 climate such that no one has failed, it is 

 said, to sleep under a blanket since the 

 city was founded. If its climatic charms. 

 its beauty, and the attractions of its so- 

 ciety come to be fully appreciated, this 

 will be one of the ])laces to which the 

 tourist steamers of the world will carry 

 their ])assengers. Then there are mil- 

 lions of acres of splendid tro]Mcal farm- 

 ing land in \'enezuela. and rich deposits 

 of minerals and oil. 



The West Indies also are getting ready 

 for the great boom in international trade 

 which the ccMiijiletion of the canal prom- 

 ises. The Danish government is prepar- 



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