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CHAPTER XL 



PORT OF HONDA — DESCENDING THE RIVER MAGDALENA 



PUERTO BERRIO CHESTERTON'S GRAVE — THE 



OPON DISTRICT IN SEARCH OF OD ONTO G LOSS UM 



VEXILLARIUM — BAD STATE OF THE RIVER FIGHT 



WITH WILD INDIANS — DEATH OF NATIVE POISONED 



WEAPONS. 



The Cattleya Triance has been found for years near 

 the town of Ibaaue in the State of Tolima — a little 

 more than one hundred miles from Bogota, in a south- 

 westerly direction. This Cattleya is found under much 

 the same circumstances as the others of its family, at 

 an altitude of about four thousand feet above sea-level. 

 To reach it, it is necessary to ascend the river Magda- 

 lena for a considerable distance, and then land on the 

 west bank. There is little of interest in the mule-ride 

 except the sight of the majestic snow-capped moun- 

 tains, called the Paramo de Ruiz. These tower up to 

 the height of sixteen thousand feet, with a glistening 

 top of eternal snow, which makes them conspicuous at 

 a great distance from many parts of the road. Cattleya 



