he whole of the Chaluani and Mizque valleys an 
famous for a very pernicious form of malaria,but for¬ 
tunately we escaped without infection. The people in the 
village of Tie-Vie are ver r poor and have few/ resources 
while there is no place n arer than - Totoratwhere s upp- 
lies can be secured( a distance of 85 kilometers), 
so that we did not fare too we11 in.the wav of :food. 
but there was plenty, if plain. A considerable - amount o: 
out 
of sugar-cane is ...ised here,also corn,mostly by 
irr ition,although the corn crop depends on the short 
rainy season(Beeember to end of March). Only the 
flat lands(o ld flood plains) ■along the river are 
cultivated,and this soil is very sandy and dries 
quickly. T,, ost of the sugarcane is made into crude 
bro wn sugar in large cakes of about 124 pounds each. 
Although much is made into molasses,which is sold to 
a'small distillery in Totora,for making alcohol. 
Goats are abundant,and furnished the sole meat 
supply,while potatoes,flour,wheat e c. are brought dor. 
down f hd to t he h i gb;' interior. — 
_ ._,3.uite a few. cattle range over t he w hole valley, 
browsing on whatever the/ can eat,leaves,dry grass, 
twigs and small limbs. They all go miles down to the 
_ river at mid-day to dring and later in P.M. return to t 
the hills to feed. 
2 Te had a very difficult time in getting away from T1 
Vle-Tle. All the trucks passing through’or most all) 
are fully loaded for Valle Grande or 3ta.Cruz,and 
since we had about 900 lbs of baggage and the three of 
_us, it-.jnade.. quite aload. I .had engaged a_ truck to pick_ 
us up on a certain date,when it was coming through 
from Cochabamba to ata r they agreeing to come 
ligt and.take us to Samaipata. _ They arrived late at 
night the day before they were due,and said they wanted 
to' start early next morning. We broke our n ecks packing 
un before daylight,and when all • ready,they refused to 
take us,saying there was too much weight,after having 
agreed "to come with half a load on purpose-. So there 
we stuck, f or. four days,waiting for a .passing truck with 
space to take us. We could not work,since we had to 
.* have “everything 'packed" up(except^cots)to catch-any - 
truck .that-might suddenly appear . Tinally on the fo urth 
day,at noon,we got a. truck that would take us to Fatarall 
where the road branches oof to"Talley grande. It is — 
about 90 kilometer from; Tie Tie to Mataral,and bout 
65 from Fataral to Oamai nata,our -des ination.on 
• the road to 3ta.Cruz. ¥e reached Mataral on Thursday 
evening, found fair-little hotel t h er e -and. made our- 
s elves co mfortable,the first time we had not slept 
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in our own cots since leaving Cochabamba. 
’hen resulted another wait,un-til -ftnal- ly. on Foddav 
afternoon a truck passed with room to take us to 
