THE FIGURE CARVING AND FEATIIKK \\ < )RK ( >F COL( )MBIA 



row guage railway which takes the 

 traveler some eighteen miles to 

 Honda, where one may be very com- 

 fortable at the Hotel American, owned 

 by a charming English gentleman and 

 his wife. 



Honda is a fascinating little town, 

 being typically Spanish with barred 

 windows in all of the houses where 

 the Sehoritas may sit and gaze upon 

 the passers-by. The streets are paved 

 with cobble stones and the houses are 

 of cement painted in shades of red, 

 blue or gray, with red tile roofs. Large 

 fine trees, with beautiful foliage are 

 abundant in the streets and court- 

 yards and here and there higher up 

 en the hills, an old mission of Spanish 

 times, gleams white against the greens 

 01 the foothills in the background. 



The old market place is extremely 

 interesting and was the scene of a 

 bloody battle in which only knives 

 were used, during the last revolution. 

 It is here that fodder, food stuffs and 

 native wares of all kinds are bought 

 and sold. There are drawbacks to the 

 town, however, chief among them be- 

 ing the presence of many lepers and 



WAX FIGURE OF A COLOMBIAN PEASANT 



WOMAN. 



It is a common sight to see this type of native 

 ■witk a huge cigar in her mouth. 



A COLOMBIAN PEASANT IN WAX. 

 The features are excellent of a common type. 



natives with goitre and other danger- 

 ous diseases. 



At Honda one takes a mula for the 

 last leg of the journey to Bogota, 

 which is a three day trip over the 

 mountains. During the ride the scen- 

 ery grows ever more beautiful and 

 during the first day, if the weather is 

 clear, there is a glorious view of the 

 Magdalena valley, the foothills and 

 Tolima, Isabel and Ruiz, three great 

 snow-capped peaks of the central An- 

 des. One night was spent at Villeta 

 and another at Guaduas, little moun- 

 tain towns. Then came the third day 

 and the tedious climb over the last 

 separating ridge and I found myself, 



