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Title: To the River Plate and back; the narrative of a scientific mission to South America
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932
Subjects: Argentina -- Description and travel Brazil -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York London : G.P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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erefore brought into requisition,and a jolly party, made up of little people and theirelders, the latter forming part of the company at theCaptains table, went under the guidance of the writerfor a short excursion through the city. We drove outto the end of the Avenida Beira. We were interestedin seeing people being conveyed to the top of Sugar LoafMountain in a basket-car hanging from a steel cable,stretched from sea-level to the summit, just as people areconveyed to the top of The Rock at Gibraltar. Wetook a peep at the Botanical Gardens. We traversedvarious streets of the city, looking at the sights, andfinally came back to the Avenida, at the lower end ofwhich we saw the blue and white funnels of our floatinghotel. The youngsters having declared themselves tobe thirsty, it was proposed that we all should indulge inthe mild luxur> of caldo da carta. This is simply thefreshly expressed juice of sugar-cane. In the fruit-shopwhich we entered, there was a small mountain of canes 316
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J2 t/) .2- 3 a. :s Trinid.ul ;>i7 jjilcd up beside a crushing-mill driven by an clec-triemotor. A bunch of canes was cjuickly sent through therollers, the juice was collected in a receptacle Ix-neath,strained, emptied into a large glass jiitcher, and thenserved to us in tall tumblers, into which small lumps ofice had first been put. The juice has a very palegreenish tint. The juvenile members of the partyunqualifiedly i)ronounced the beverage good, andcalled for more, as also did their elders, who at firstseemed to be dubious, and inclined to question thestatement of the writer that the fluid is palatable, andfar less likely to be injurious to the stomach than in thecondensed form of candy. We i)urchased a basket oftropical fruits, custard-apples, saix)dillas, papaws,avocado-pears, and oranges. The best oranges pro-duced in South America are said to bo grown at Bahia.The seedless orange, now so extensively cultivated inthe United States, originated in the neighborhood ofthat place,

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