Sucre is laid out regularly. It has broad streets, a large central plaza and a public garden, or promenade, called the Prado. There are nine plazas altogether. That called the “25 de Mayo” has a stream on each side. One of these flows northward and joins the Mamoré (mah-mo-ray´) and so reaches the Amazon. The other turns southeast, going on to the Pilcomayo (peel-ko-my´-o) and at last to the estuary of La Plata (lah-plah´-tah). The Cathedral of Sucre, called the Metropolitan Cathedral, is the richest in Bolivia. It dates from 1553, and possesses an image of solid gold with a rich adornment of jewels, called “The Virgin of Guadalupe (gwah-dah-loo´-pay).” This is said to be worth a million dollars. The legislative palace of Sucre contains handsomely decorated halls; but this building is no longer occupied as such by the national government. Other important buildings are the Cabildo (kah-beel´do), or town hall; the mint, dating from 1572; the courts of justice; and the University of San Francisco Xavier (sahn frahn-this-ko zav´-ih-er; Spanish, hahvee-air´), which was founded in 1624 and has faculties of law, medicine and theology. At the lower end of the central plaza, or Prado (prah´do) is a pretty chapel called the “Rotunda.” This was erected in 1852 by President Belzu (bale´-thoo), on the spot where an unsuccessful attempt had been made to assassinate him. Sucre is the seat of the supreme court of Bolivia, and also of the archbishop of La Plata and Charcas, the primate of Bolivia. The city is not a commercial one. Its only noteworthy manufacture is the “clay dumplings” which are eaten with potatoes by the inhabitants of the Bolivian uplands. In spite of being the capital of the country, it is one of its most isolated towns, because of the difficult character of the roads leading to it. It is reached from the Pacific by way of Challapata (chahl-ya-pah´tah), a station on the Antofagasta (ahn-toe-fah-gahs´-tah) and Oruro Railroad. The city will soon be connected by rail with the region of the west. PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR. VOL. 5, No. 18, SERIAL No. 142 COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC. [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH BY E. M. NEWMAN ORURO, BOLIVIA] _BOLIVIA_ _Cities of Bolivia_ SIX Cochabamba (ko-chah-bahm´bah) is called the Garden City of Bolivia. It was founded in 1574 in a beautiful valley on the east side of the mountains, which are here called the Royal Range. For a time the town was known as Oropesa (o-ro-pay´sah). During the war of independence, the people of the city took an active part; the women especially distinguished themselves in an attack on the Spanish camp in 1815. Three years later some of them were put to death by the Spanish forces. In general, the isolated situation of Cochabamba has been a protection against the disorders which have from time to time upset Bolivia.