Contents. xi 



CHAPTER IX. 



I'AGE 



In search ok Odontoglossum Orispum- A Hundred 

 Miles' Mule Ride— Mountain Villages— The Chur< h 

 of the Pilgrims — Salt Mine— The Savanna oi Bogota 

 —Suburb of Bogota — Chap inero — P arks and Buildings 

 — Elevation — Population — Monuments — Makki.i 

 Waterfall— El Tequendama 119 



X. 



Pacho— Coal-mines— Vegetation Twelve Thousand Fki i 

 above Sea-level— Birds— Orchid Forest— Emerald 

 Mines — In Search of Cattleya Warscewiczii — 

 Village of La P alma — Butterflies — Odontoglossum 



PESCA TOR EI— IBAGUE 140 



CHAPTER XI. 



Port of Honda— Descending the River Magdalena— 

 Puerto Berrio — Chesterton's Grave — The Opon 

 District— In Search of Odontoglossum Vexillarium 

 —Bad State of the River— Fight with Wild Indians 

 Death of Native— Poisoned Weapons . . . .159 



CHAPTER XII. 



Expedition to Explore San Lucas— Inland Lake— Gold 

 Mines — Simiti — Life in the Forest— Scarcity of 

 Food— A Forest of Alocasias— Return to Simiti 

 The Santo Domingo River— Savannas of San Luis— A 

 Jaguar Hunt . ■ • . *7J 



