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The valley in which the city lies is surrounded 

 on all sides by lofty mountains, among which 

 San Juan and San-Jnan-quey stand conspicu- 

 ous ; at the foot of the former is a curiously- 

 shaped hill called " Cuchillo," evidently an 

 extinct crater, near which is the village of San 

 Luis, at that time the head-quarters of Lozada. 

 A pretty river winds through the valley, and 

 passes close to the town ; by following up this 

 stream to its source some excellent duck and 

 snipe shooting may be had. 



The river is spanned by a bridge on the road 

 to Guadlajara, and we found that the best sport 

 was to be had from the bridge upwards. The 

 variety of duck we got here was quite astonish- 

 ing ; we frequently bagged five or six different 

 kinds in a day, including mallard, widgeon, teal, 

 pin-tail, shovellers, black duck, &c., besides 

 snipe, ibis, and many kinds of waders. 



The shooting was of the prettiest description ; 

 by following along the windings of the river one 

 could come suddenly upon a flock of duck, or 

 else spy them along a reach and stalk them. 



