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COMPLEXION OF INDIANS. 



mountain peaks to the west are covered with snow, The remaining 

 moisture in these winds has not yet been turned into hail and snow, but 

 is still doing its summer work. The moment it strikes those mountains 

 to the west, however, then it will all be grasped by the cold hand of 

 winter. 



We have heard the people of this country complain that there is less 

 law in Bolivia than in any other part of the world. "We doubt if there 

 ever was a law more plainly written than is here seen on the face of the 

 soil, directing attention to the countries east of the snow. 



We observe an alteration in the color of the people on the Puna, who 

 differ again from those of the forests. The Indian who lives on the 

 west side of a snowy-peaked mountain is burnt black ; those among the 

 cedar bushes, to the east of the snow, are lighter in complexion. The 

 women are better looking. The sun-burnt man falls in love as soon as 

 he gets to the east side of the snow peaks, although the people of the 

 forests in the Madeira Plata are whiter still. We have seen no curling 

 of hair produced on the Puna by the excessive heat of the sun. 



