159^d. A dry 
utile m 
At times 
-t. m ~— »i _^ , - — . „ . . _ „ - , - _ _ w V 
: Ixeavy rains, heary floods pass dovm this valley^ The inai.,, .oa 
roiii Atocha to La ^uiaca passes down thii^ river bed v.hich i- dry 
of 
during tiie greater part ox tha year. The region Ig a d-sert subject 
to occasional heavy rains. 
1577 « The high plain in southern Bolivia (lEOOO foet)* The 
tovvn of Uyuni can be seen in the distance ana desert shrubs, in 
the f ore-^^round. 
1551. A heavy 2-»whaeled covered vehicle rmoa used In 'southern 
Bolivia. Dacks of ore brought down from mountain ...lines lie at 
the ri:^:4Lt. 
