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Photo by Hiram Bingham 



CROSSING THE APURIMAC RIVER 



Among the many hardships encountered by the expedition was the difficulty of fording 

 the rivers under adverse circumstances. In this case, at Pasaje on the Apurimac, there was 

 no wood in the immediate vicinity available for rafts, and it was necessary to wait several 

 hours before the local ferryman, who lived more than a mile away on the wrong side of 

 the river, could be aroused by firing of shots to bring his ancient raft to our assistance. 



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Photo by Hiram Bingham 



TROUBLES WITH THE TRANSPORT : SOUTHERN PERU 



after we had the raft our troubles were not at an end, for our mules strenuously| 

 objected to jumping off the rocks into the deep and rapid current 



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