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the Urique River navigable, fortunes 
could easily be made by transportation 
lines carrying tourists to and fro, pro¬ 
vided even only one terminus connected 
with some well-established line of travel. 
But unfortunately it is not navigable, no 
amount of money could make it so, and 
all tourists or travelers who are afraid of 
a little work or roughing it will miss one 
of the most magnificent paroramas. It is 
simply impossible to crowd into a pen- 
and-ink sketch or a photograph any ade¬ 
quate views of this stupendous mountain 
scenery. It is rather a field for an artist, 
who will put the product of his palette 
and brush on heroic-sized canvas, and 
make one of the masterpieces of the 
world. The heart of the Andes or the 
crests of the Himalayas contain no more 
sublime scenery than the wild, almost 
