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Barraxquilla — Sa VANILLA — Santa Marta. 



Below Tacaloa follow a few small settlements, such as Teuerife on the right, 

 and Calamar on the left bank of the Magclalena, the latter at the point where the 

 Dique canal branches off to an inlet on the coast a little south of Cartagena. 

 Farther on, near the mouth of the mainstream, are Remolino on the right, and on 

 the left side Sabana Grande and Soledad, just above Colombia's chief seaport, 

 Barranqnilla. This place stretches two or three miles along a lateral creek, which 



Fig. 80.— Roadstead and Haeboues of Savanilla. 

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flows through a poor alluvial soil thinly covering recently upheaved coralline 

 reefs. The town, with its low whitewashed houses and grated windows, laid out 

 on the draught-board pattern, presents a somewhat uninviting aspect, although 

 its shops and warehouses are well stocked with European goods. 



Founded in 1629, Barranqnilla remained a mere group of cabins till the 

 introduction of steam navigation on the Magdalena towards the middle of the 

 present century. Since then it has developed into an important seaport and 



