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© Publishers' Photo Servic 



HAULING WATER IN THE DESERT 



This wagon rolls across the northern Chile desert from the distant river. In the Province 

 of Tacna, the territory in dispute between Peru and Chile, a few traverse rivers flow down 

 from the Andes to the sea ; then a great stretch of waterless country until the oasis of Copiapo 

 is readied. 



ph by I. F. Scheeler 



YARKTA, A CURIOUS PLANT OF THE ANDEAN DESERT 



This member of the celery family (Acarclla yareta) grows in a dry, rocky country, at an 

 altitude of about 15,000 feet. It is green in color, highly resinous, makes an excellent fuel, 

 burns like peat, with little flame and much smoke ; gives a fair amount of heat, produces much 

 ash, and throws out flames of many hues. In appearance the plant is altogether unlike its 

 relatives, the celery and the parsnip. 



