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The valley of Yucay 612 



Ruins of the fortress of Ollentayrambo, in the valley of Yucay 614 



Ruins of the fortress of Pisac. Astronomical stone, Pisac. In the valley of Yucay 615 



Types seen in the valley of Yucay, Peru 616 



A flock of alpacas, seen in the valley of Yucay 617 



Quaint costumes of village girls on the wharf beside the fishing boats, Zuyder Zee 623 



Neighbors, big and little, in a tidy street of a Dutch town 626 



Picturesque and thrifty Dutch country women with milk pails balanced on wooden yokes. 631 



A hamlet in the Black Forest 636 



A typical Black Forest vale in June 637 



A main forest road and road mender 639 



A wayside hut in the forest for the protection of forest workmen and travelers 640 



A nursery in the Black Forest 641 



A typical Black Forest home 642 



The village smith's wife, with five of her fourteen children 643 



A corner in the living room. The curtains enclose the bed 644 



Women on their way to work in the forest 645 



On the road to the hay field 645 



The main street of Baiersbronn, in the Black Forest 647 



The celebration at Mitteltal 648 



High leather boots worn in Russia 650 



An out-door shoe factory in France 651 



A Medieval style of shoe still in use 652 



Red leather shoes with huge pompons, emphasizing the up-turned toes worn by the 



Queen's guards in Athens 653 



A street of shoe stores in Athens 654 



A Chinese shoe stall in a city market 655 



Tiny shoes of fine kid and silk embroidery worn by Chinese ladies of the upper classes in 



Canton 656 



Probably the oddest shoes in the world 657 



Bargain sale of Japanese clogs and sandals at a shop in Tokyo. . .ff 658 



Departments of one of the largest high-grade shoe manufactories in the United States .... 659 



Footgear of ancient cliff-dwellers, found in Arizona 660 



Commander Peary's ship, the "Roosevelt" 662 



The President bidding "God Speed" to the intrepid crew of the "Roosevelt" 665 



Commander Peary and Herbert L. Bridgman, saying farewell aboard the "Roosevelt". . . . 667 



Statue of Manco Capac, the emperor who founded Cuzco 670 



Remains of the palace of the first Inca Manco Capac 671 



A mountain trail overlooking the valley of Cuzco 672 



A Cuzco street scene, showing old Spanish balcony: Note llamas rolling in the dust 673 



Near Cuzco 674 



Familiar faces in Cuzco fij^ 



A fountain in Cuzco 675 



The Plaza, Cuzco, showing a procession from the Cathedral 677 



The original virgin of Cuzco 678 



A stationary shrine in a Cuzco street 670 



A religious procession in Cuzco 680 



Twelve-sided stone in Cuzco ggj 



A street of Cuzco gg 2 



A view of the fortress of Sacsahuaman gg, 



A view of one of the salients of the fortress of Sacsahuaman gg^ 



Seats of the Incas overlooking Sacsahuaman, Cuzco, carved out of solid rock 685 



Gathering fuel _ _ ggg 



