36 Travels and Adventures 



CHAPTER IV. 



SAILING TO BARRANQUILLA SNOW MOUNTAINS OF SANTA 



MARTA — DELTA OF RIVER MAGDALENA — STEAM-TUG 

 EUNZA — LANDING AT SAVANILLA — SALGAR STATION 

 THE CUSTOM-HOUSE HOTEL FRANCAIS BAR- 

 RANQUILLA — NATIVE CURRENCY. 



After some little difficulty, we were again out to sea 

 and making for the port of Savanilla. On our way 

 thither we w r ere aroused before sunrise with the news 

 that we were passing in sight of the Sierra Nevada of 

 Santa Marta, and there was a possibility of seeing the 

 sun rise on its perpetual snow. We had not long to 

 wait. A considerable time before the first rays of 

 sunlight appeared across the water — it was still the 

 dull twilight of early morning with us — those who 

 were looking towards the mountains could distinguish 

 the summit gradually become brighter as the first sun- 

 ray fell upon it, until the mighty mass of ice and snow 

 shone like a coronet of monster diamonds, and this 

 appeared more striking and beautiful because of the 

 huge base of the mountain being still almost in darkness. 



