ILLUSTRATIONS 



The coek-of-the-rock at home Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



Buenaventura 4 



Cattle grazing in the Cauca Valley 14 



Port of Guanehito 14 



Cerro Munchique 30 



A deserted Indian hut on the Cerro Munchique 30 



The Caldas fast on a sand-bar in the Cauca River 44 



Bamboo rafts on the Cauca River 44 



The town of Salento 50 



The lake on the paramo of Santa Isabel 58 



Snow on the paramo of Ruiz 58 



Native of Juntas de Tamanii with trail-haunting blacksnake .... 68 



The author with natives of Juntas de Tamana 68 



Novita, the largest town in the Choco 72 



Threshing wheat 78 



Indian hut in the Valle de las Papas 78 



The village of Santa Barbara S6 



A corner of San Augustin 86 



A mountain stream, such as the Rio Naranjos, where the cock-of-the- 



rock spends its existence 88 



Tree-fern, typical of the Andean forests 98 



The high, flat-topped panorama of the Andes 102 



The town of Valdivia 108 



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