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THE ROAD TO BOLIVIA 



Upon the Island of Coati, six miles from Titicaca, was the harem 

 of the Iiica, where tlie remains are much better preserved than those 

 upon the Island of Titicaca, and the principal walls are almost intact. 

 This island was dedicated to the moon, and in the convent were many 

 concubines selected for their beauty and their blood. 



The little port of Chillilaya lies at the southern extremity of Lake 

 Titicaca, and is reached by a weekly steamer from Puno, the terminus 

 of the southern railway of Peru. La Paz, the actual capital and com- 

 mercial metropolis of Bolivia, is 45 miles further on, reached b}' a road 

 almost level at an elevation of 12,500 feet above the sea. The stage- 

 coach, drawn by eight mules, is driven by a jehu whose language and 



