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A FLYING TEIP TO THE TROPICS. 



COFFEE SELLERS, BAKRANQUILLA. 



A great many small donkeys are used, and although they are not 

 much larger than mastiffs, men ride them, sitting cross-legged like 

 tailors, to prevent their feet from dragging. One man passed us 

 perched on top of a little donkey, and with a live pig hanging on 

 either side, squealing at every step. 



There are harracks in the town, with a lot of dirty, unkempt sol- 

 diers who are continually tooting away on their bugles. Their call 

 for taps is almost identical with ours. 



There is in the town an electric light plant and also an artificial 

 ice factory. 



In the Hotel Colombia I saw a large scarlet, blue, and green 

 macaw and a toucan with a serrate beak {Pterorjlossiis sp.). This 

 bird assumed a most curious position when asleep, turning its tail 

 up over its back and head instead of allowing it to hang as other 



