OVER THE ANDES TO BOGOTA 



Photograph by Frank M. Chapman 



the; water approach to the; market in barranouHvLa 



A canal from the Rio Magdalena gives access to the large, well-stocked market of 

 Barranquilla. Most of the provisions, fruits, vegetables, fish, etc., are brought in native 

 canoes, a means of transportation which adds greatly to the picturesqueness of the water- 

 front and suggests the approach to the market-place of Tampico, Mexico. 



ous and representing widely different call- 

 ings. There was an archbishop and a 

 bull-fighter who shared the same bottle ; 

 a music-loving priest and a guitar-playing 

 rake who found community of interest 

 in song; a Colombian general, an English 

 engineer, and an American promoter, all 

 strongly marked types, with enough minor 

 characters to stage the play. 



FAUNA OF THE MAGDAI^NA's SHORES 



A variety of circumstances have made 

 the Amazon best known of tropical Amer- 

 ican rivers, but from the traveler's stand- 

 point a voyage on the Magdalena is in- 

 finitely more interesting. From an Ama- 

 zon steamer the river's banks may be but 

 a thin line on the horizon, if, indeed, they 

 are visible at all, but on the Magdalena 

 one or both shores are within range of 

 the unaided eye, and with glasses one 



can often see intimate details of forest 

 life. 



There are monkeys, sloths, macaws, 

 parrots, pigeons, toucans, and many other 

 wood-loving creatures ; herons, screamers, 

 jacanas, and jabiru storks in the marshes, 

 capybaras on the shores, and rafts of 

 crocodiles on the playas. 



The four days' voyage to Barranquilla 

 passed so quickly and pleasantly that when 

 next I returned to the city I took passage 

 on a boat which required twelve days for 

 the trip to Honda. Arrived at Barran- 

 quilla, we are again within touch of ocean- 

 going steamers and our Colombian tour 

 is ended. 



In conclusion, let me say that no one 

 can be more conscious than I of my fail- 

 ure to draw an adequate picture of Colom- 

 bia's attractions, but at least I may claim 

 the merit of under, rather than over, stat- 

 ing them. 



