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Vista Nieve. it lies on the cart road between ]^.Iamatoco and La Tigrera, 

 about a mile from the village of Mamatoco and five miles from Santa Marta. 

 Las Niibcs. A cofifee plantation on the northwest slopes of the momi- 

 tain known as La Horqueta, adjoining San Lorenzo on the north. The 

 mountain has an elevation of about 7,000 feet, while the dwelling house of 

 the plantation is at about 5,000 feet. It is reached by the road running out 

 from Mamatoco through Masinga. l"he local conditions are about the same 

 as around the hacienda Cincinnati. Mr. Smith did some collecting here. 



Las Paz'ars. A small hamlet and travellers' station on the trail between 

 Alto de las Minas and Copei, on the Fundacion-Valle de Upar road. It is 

 at the point where the heavy lowland forest begins, after dropping down 

 from the highlands of Alto de las Minas. 



Las Tagiias. A point lying on the south slope of San Lorenzo 

 Mountain at an altitude of about 5,000 feet, at the head of the \"alparaiso 

 Valley. The stream is a tributary of the Rio Cordoba, which empties into 

 the sea near Cienega. It is a heavily forested, humid region, and has been 

 visited only by the writer and the University of Michigan expeditions. 



Las J^cgas. A cofifee plantation situated on the northeast slopes of a 

 long spur ridge of the Horqueta Movmtain, near the headwaters of the 

 w^est branch of the Rio Mendaguaca. It lies between 3,000 and 5,000 feet 

 in a region of heavy humid forest peculiar to the north slopes of the Sierras. 

 A locality at which only the writer has collected. 



Loiiia Larga. Name of a small region of scattered small farms and 

 travellers' stations on the trail between Riohacha and Fonseca, and situated 

 about fifteen miles south of Arroya de Arenas. It lies in the foothills of 

 the great northeast spur range of the Sierras and is heavily forested except 

 where clearings have been made. The altitude is probably about 2.500 to 

 3,000 feet. A'isited by the University of Michigan Expedition in 1920. 



Macotaiiia. .Vt present but a tiny Indian village, but formerly the tribal 

 centre of the whole Arahuaco population of the north side of the Sierras. 

 It is still the place of residence of the chief "medicine man" or "doctor," 

 as the Indians call him. Jt lies in the valley of the Rio Macotama about ten 

 miles above San Miguel. The village itself does not have an altitude of 

 "8,000 feet" as given by Bangs, but the mountains rise on either side of 

 the valley to a height of from 11,000 to 12,000 feet. The elevation of the 

 village itself is about 7,000 feet. There is no forest left in the valley here, 

 except a tract on the east side, which has been largely cut over by the Indians. 

 A few trees and scattered shrubbery remain along the river itself and in 

 the ravines. The village lies on a shelf on the right-hand side of the river, 

 ascending, and the mountain on that side is clothed only in grass as far as 

 the eye can reach, with rarely a clump of low bushes. Visited by Mr. Brown 

 and the author. 



Macotama, Parauw dc. I have applied this name to the pa:'amo on 

 top of the range to the east of the village of Macotama, and which extends 

 southward to join the backbone of the Sierras at the Chiruqua Pass. I am 



