OVER TRAIL AND THROUGH JUNGLE IN ECUADOR 



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IE HE STANDS ON THIS CORNER, SOONER OR EATER THE VISITOR SEES AEE THERE IS OF 



INTEREST IN EOJA 



It faces the plaza principal, where certain favored ones maintain small booths and sell 

 things to eat, drink, or wear. Just up the street is the rendezvous of the city, the cinema, an 

 open-air enterprise held in the interior courtyard of one of the houses, where the films are 

 run at half speed to make them last longer. 



PREPARING A HOLIDAY MEAE IN LOJA 



During the time of the fiestas, when the small towns are crowded to the utmost, many of 

 the natives do their cooking out on the open plaza or in the market-place. Often small 

 "restaurants" are conducted in a similar fashion, the patrons squatting about on their heels 

 to be served from two or three large utensils kept over a small fire. 



