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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



Upon looking- into the matter, we found that there were three 

 practical routes from New York to Sa vanilla (now Puerto Colombia), 

 the seaport town for the interior of Colombia. First, there was the 

 Atlas Line, running to Savanilla, but touching at various ports in 

 San Domingo, and thus stringing out the voyage to fourteen days ; 

 secondly, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Line to Colon, on 



THE VENEZUELA. 



the Isthmus of Panama, in eight days, and from there three or four 

 steamers per month to Savanilla ; and, thirdly, the Red " D " Line 

 to Venezuelan ports, touching at the island of Curagao on the sixth 

 day out, and from this island various steamers of the English and 

 German lines touching at Savanilla. The greatest delay that we 

 might have at Curagao would be a week, Avhilst, on the other hand, 

 we might make close connection, and for this reason we selected the 

 last route. We finally engaged our staterooms on the S. S. Vene- 

 zuela, sailing Saturday, June 11. 



I remember now with what feelings of delight I opened the letter 

 from the steamship company, drew out the tags marked "passen- 

 p-er's bao-oap-e, S. S. Venezuela, Curacao," and fastened them to 



