of an Orchid Hunter. 



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the Magdalena everything in the way of cargo, animals, 

 and human beings that would reach the town must 

 embark in a curious kind of raft, attached to a strong 

 chain stretching across the river ; immediately the raft 



FERRY USED OX THE MAGDALENA RIVER, CALLED LA BARQUETA, 

 AT HONDA. 



is loosened from the side, the force of the water carries 

 it across the river, the pulley running along the sup- 

 porting chain ; this raft is worked from six o'clock in 

 the morning until six in the evening, the small fee of 

 twopence-halfpenny being charged for passing a horse 

 and his rider, three-halfpence for a mule-load, and a 

 penny for a foot-passenger. A line of railway connects 



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