. Rund um Südamerika. ls und thesteepness der Besoldungsgruppe - die etwa dreieinhalb Prozent. Alle Fahrzeuge ist der Britischen einfuhr. Twopassenger - Züge und vier Fracht- oder Güterzüge sind rundaily jeder Art und Weise. Die Lokomotiven sind klein, aber sehr Pow-ERFUL. Die Autos sind kleine, sehr leichte, aus zwei Klassen, mit Sitzplätzen, die entlang der Seiten, von Ende zu Ende. Afirst-Klasse Flugschein nach Caracas kostet 2 Dollar und ahalf. Die Bahn folgt den alten Trainer - Road, die nowonly von maultier-Truppen. Die Autos sind alle withstout, patent Bremsen, arbeitete von der

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. Around and about South America. ls, and thesteepness of the grade—which is about three and a half percent. All the rolling-stock is of British importation. Twopassenger-trains and four freight or goods trains are rundaily each way. The locomotives are small, but very pow-erful. The cars are small, very light, of two classes, andwith seats running along the sides, from end to end. Afirst-class passenger-ticket to Caracas costs two dollars and ahalf. The railway follows the old coach-road, which is nowonly used by mule-troops. The cars are all provided withstout, patent brakes, worked from the locomotive. It is saidthere has not been an accident since the line was opened, though it is frequently blocked by land-slides and by greatquantities of gravel and earth washed down from the steephills. The rains are very heavy and of long duration. Some-times the railway is interrupted for days at a time, and thenthe only communication with the capital is by the steep mule-path over the mountains, or by the old coach-road. The. Scene on the Railway from La Guayra to Caracas. THE BIRTHPLACE OF BOLIVAR. 409 train stops half a dozen times, generally to take water for thelocomotive. There are no villages on the route, and thecountry is not cultivated. The railway is a very remarkablefeat of engineering, reminding me of several in Brazil, already mentioned in these pages. It is, of course, a narrowgauge, which admits of very sharp curves, and, in fact, thereis scarcely in the whole road a straight stretch of five hun-dred feet. The line runs far to the westward, winding inand out of the valleys, but always ascending until a height ofabout three thousand feet is reached. Here, of course, theair is much cooler, and wraps are in request. The views, too, are extensive and very fine, the Caribbean Sea remaining insight for nearly half the journey. At one point, called Zig-zag, three sections of the road are in view at one and thesame time. Soon after, it turns to the interior and south,

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