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After the Alligator Hunt 89 



Canoe and Boatmen of the River Lebrija 90 



On the River Lebrija 93 



Finding Turtles' Egos 97 



Fish-scale (Natural Size) 102 



Plaza and Market-place, Bucaramanga . . . To face page 105 



Doctor Aurelio Mutis 109 



Plaza of Pie de Cuesta in 



Cattleya Mendelii in the Forest .... To face page 118 



On the Track Over hie Andes .... To face page 121 



The City of Bogota To face page 127 



A Street in Bogota . . .127 



Bronze Statue to Simon Bolivar 131 



Lady in Mantilla ." 132 



Colom p.ian Soldier 133 



Dr. Nunez 136 



Waterfall El Tequendama To face page 138 



Roadside Vegetation, on the Road from Bogota. To face page 141 

 Sword-bill Humming-bird (Docimastes ensiferus) Feeding on 



the Flower of the Datura depressa 146 



toglossum crispum To face page 146 



Native Dinner-time To face page 149 



By the Camp-fire in the Odontoglossum Forest \ Between 



Depot of Three Thousand Odontoglossum crispum ) pages 150 and 151 

 Native Workman in the Odontoglossum Districts . . .150 



Emerald Mink, with Natives Working . . . To face page 153 

 Water-washing Process in the Emerald Mine . . . .153 



Bamboo Bridge on the Road to La Palma 155 



EIow Colombians Travei 160 



Ferry Used on the Magdalena River, called La Barqueta, at 



Honda 161 



Mjltonia Vexillaria 164 



Camp on River Opon 165 



