This simple story of a journey southward grew up of itself. Planning a comprehensive exploration of South America, the author concluded to reach that continent by some less monotonous route than the steamship's track; and herewith is presented the unadorned narrative of what he saw on the way, the day-by-day experiences in rambling over bad roads and into worse lodging-places that infallibly befall all who venture afield south of the Rio Grande. The present account joins up with that of five months on the Canal Zone, already published, clearing the stage for a larger forthcoming volume on South America giving the concrete results of four unbroken years of Latin-American travel.
