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keeper, seeing that I was interested in it, insisted njion making me 

 a present of it. The native name for jaguar is " tigre." They are 

 said to be especially abundant in some portions of the Magdalena 

 Valley. They are heavier and more stocky than a leopard, but 

 otherwise are much like that animal. There are also many pumas 

 in Colombia, and I saw numbers of their skins. Mr. Bain wore a 

 handsome pair of zamorras made from a pair of puma-skins which 

 had come from near the snow line of the Paramo del Ruis. The 

 natives call the i)uma " tigre Colorado," red tiger, or sometimes 

 " leon," lion. 



The religious ceremonies which had been going on all during our 

 stay culminated late in the afternoon with a procession around 

 the plaza. Some really pretty arches were erected at the four 



RELIGIOUS PROCESSION AT GUADUAS. 



