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being that I was not able to land at a place called 

 Savanilla, or Salgar. The shifting sands of the 

 Magdalena have filled this up so that vessels cannot 

 come near, and another port has been made, with a 

 few sheds and a temporary stage, further along the 

 coast, and this bears the name of Puerto Colombia. 

 It is said that a contract has been entered into with 

 an English company to supply the material and build 

 a substantial pier, etc. Let us hope that it will be 

 completed before any of my readers have to land 

 there. 



