Show on in bolivia J post who Is traveling through unknown south america for liar per s magazine writes in the march number of a dangerous ride through the mountains of bolivia we kept on ascending between winding walls he says at length emerging on a narrow table land the top of the cliffs we had seen from the decks of the limarl A short distance over the level ground and then from the farther edge we looked down on the flat stony bottom of the altor val ley a ragged gorge that wound a tor course through the desert A narrow trail with short sharp angles zigzagged down a steep gully to the bottom the mules carefully picked their way down among the loose stones halting inquiringly at times to choose perhaps a shorter cut it it seemed to their instinct feasible they gathered their hind legs under them their front hoots sticking stiffly out in front and slid down on their bellies in a cloud of dust and carrying with them a small avalanche ol 01 loose shale as they landed in a section of the trail below you bit back in your saddle all saddles in these parts have crup pers and breastplates to your si ding over the animal s pars as you go down or slipping off behind as you go up a mountain path and as you watch the tossing line of packs below the speculation forces itself aa tatt consequences of a mules that it la not all idle speculation I 1 shown by the scattered skeletons be low in the valley bleached to varying degrees of dull white |