Photo by Hiram Uingiiam 

 A BIT OF THE ROAD NEAR MACHU PICCHU : URUHAMBA RIVER 

 The surroundings of Machu Picchu are remarkably wild and the scenery is inexpres- 

 sibly beautiful. The city lies above the precipices which show m the distance '" tnis Pic 

 ture. The road in the foreground was constructed a few years ago f^ f eat exPense y 

 the Peruvian government. Early explorers being obliged to avoid this pornon o t e 

 Urubamba X'alley by the absence of any road were unaware of ^^e vvherea )outs o^^^ 

 Picchu. although rumors of its existence had reached the ears of a French explorer torty 

 years ago. 



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