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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



and a court in the centre. The side without the arcade is on 

 the water's edge, a side channel of the Magdalena. This front 

 was crowded with canoes, all dug out of single logs, and some of 

 surprising size. 



We saw a great variety of fruits. The sellers were mainly women, 



DUG-OUTS ALONG THE MARKET FRONT. 



who squatted with their wares exposed in front of them. The lower 

 classes here seem to be clean and good-looking ; some of the w^omen 

 are quite pretty. They wear dresses low necked and short sleeved 

 with very short waists, a la Madame Recamier ; no head covering 

 beyond a shawl ; their hair neatly arranged ; a great many with 

 bright flowers in it. Children up to eight or nine go naked, or 

 nearly so. We saw several little babies, barely a month old, lying 

 on the sidewalk sleeping, naked and alone, Avith nothing under 



