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SOUTH AMEEICA— THE ANDES EEGIOXS. 



tlie Colombian republics it was chosen as the seat of the first congress, and although 

 no longer the federal capital, it is still a flourishing city, the second in the republic 

 for ti'ade and population. One of its monuments recalls the battle fought in 1821 on 

 the neighbouring Carabobo plain, which established the independence of Venezuela. 



Fig. 38. — Valencia and Pueeto Cabello. 

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About midway between Valencia and its seaport, Puerto Cnhello, are situated 

 the famous thermal springs of TrincJicras, M'hich are amongst the hottest in the 

 world. According to the years and the seasons the temperature varies from 196° 

 to 206° Fahr., at the head of the Agua Caliente, through which these boiling 



