Identifier: aroundsouthameri00lann (find matches)
Title: Around South America with a sample case
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Lanning, John Francis, 1859-
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Publisher: Richmond, Va. : Williams Printing
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ew of the town below, with Vina del Mar in thedistance. Lights on vessels in the harbor and thecity streets are all aglow; it can then be comparedwith Naples as seen from St. Elmo at the samehour, but daylight quickly dispels the illusion.Here mighty Aconcaqua lifts his eternal snows24,000 feet, but it is 200 miles to the north, andcloud-capped three-fourths of the time, whilstVesuvius is seldom lost to view. And althoughAconcagua has been a tremendous volcano, it hasno Pompeii or Herculaneum lying buried at its feetto wrap it about with a halo of romance. Perhaps I should have written my impressionsof the town before making the trip to Vina delMar. If such a road led to paradise no one wouldget there unless they owned a Ford car. It canonly be spoken of as a bottomless pit of soft mud,filled in at places with the carcass of some poorhorse who has given up the struggle, and it is a pitythe driver did not lie down quietly along with hishorse, thereby getting out of a bad job and saving
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AROUND SOUTH AMERICA WITH A SAMPLE CASE 123 funeral expenses, for the body would never be dis-covered. Several things have happened whichleave a bad impression, and are worth noting. Atelegram from Santiago to a shipping agencybrought a reply saying the fare to Punta Arenaswas $250.00 gold. Arriving at Valparaiso I calledat the office for my ticket, and, asking for the bill,was told it was 500 pesos, which I paid. Leavingthe office I began to do a little mental arithmetic,but could not figure out how $200.00 in gold made500 pesos. Returning to the Grace Companysoffice the proposition was put up to the cashier,and I was told it was equivalent to $437.50 at thedays exchange. I hustled back to the steamshipoffice and put in my claim for $62.50, but was toldthe original quotation was only a figure of speech,and used in quoting only, but in buying, 500 pesoswas the price, and I was given to understand thiswas final. I demanded to see the general manager,and was told he would not be in unti

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