Download or read book Below the Equator, the Story of a Tour Through the Countries of South America (Classic Reprint) written by Edith Ogden Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Below the Equator, the Story of a Tour Through the Countries of South America Our voyage down the South Seas began at the Isthmus of Panama, and it is difficult to write without dwelling at least briefly on the wonders of the great Canal. Never has the immensity of government work impressed me so much as there. Never has the importance of that work so forced itself upon my mind. From a jungle has sprung a beautiful land teeming with rich cultivation, with busy people. In place of a pestilential hole of death there now smiles a land of health and prosperity. We thrilled with the pride of its accomplishment, and we gloried in belonging to a country that had made all this possible. In this little book on our South American travels there is no place to tell of these wonders nor of the many acts of courtesy and kindness that made our visit pleasant and instructive; I cannot refrain, however, from thanking General Clarence Edwards - Commanding General - and his charming wife, Consul and Mrs. Dreher, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Heald, for the splendid hospitality they extended to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.