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muddy and with many logs, the banks high and grass-covered, and the adja- 

 cent country in corn, bananas, and abandoned fields, with occasional patches 

 of forest with heavy brush and frequent dense Heliconia growths. These 

 bits of forest are often bordered and sometimes completely surrounded by 

 an impenetrable jungle of spiny shrubs overgrown with razor-edged sawgrass. 



3. Las Delicias, Department of Magdalena, Colombia. A woodpile on 

 the banks of the Magdalena about 120 leagues above Barranquilla and two 

 or three leagues below Boca de Rosario. The surrounding country is the 

 usual low, level-lying river plain of the lower Magdalena. 



4. Zambrano, Colombia. A village on the Magdalena between Calamar 

 and Magangue in the usual level, pastured land of the lower river valley. 



