CHAPTER XXVII
SOUTH AMERICA
From the beginning of time up to the present century, the continents of North and South America were joined together in terrestrial bonds of matrimony.
South American Wild Horse
(From an instantaneous photograph of an animal cracker)
They were seemingly inseparable.
The first indication that everything was not as it should be with this long united couple, was in the year 1880, when a Frenchman named De Lesseps (who had already succeeded in divorcing Asia and Africa) attempted to bring about a separation.
The attempt, however, was a failure, and, after dragging on for eight years, proceedings were dropped for want of funds.