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CHAPTER IX. 



IN SEARCH OF ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM A HUN- 

 DRED -MILES' MULE RIDE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES 



THE CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS — SALT MINE 



THE SAVANNA OF BOGOTA SUBURB OF BOGOTA 



CHAPINERO — PARKS AND BUILDINGS ELEVATION — 



POPULATION — MONUMENTS MARKET — WATERFALL 



EL TEQUENDAMA. 



My next journey was in search of the popular 

 orchid Odontoglossum crispum, which, I had been 

 informed, was to be found so far in the interior of 

 Colombia as the department of Cundinamarca, on the 

 slopes of the Andes in the vicinity of the capital city. 

 To reach this place would necessitate a journey of 

 about two hundred miles on horses or mules. This 

 mode of travelling: is more monotonous, more tire- 

 some, and more expensive than the adventurous life 

 of the forest. The general direction of the track is 

 south, but it has many deviations, going through the 

 State of Santander, a short distance in the State of 

 Boyaca, and terminating in the State of Cundina- 



