82 BOGOTA'. 



obtained the names of the Mountain party, 

 and the Valley party. The former, so named 

 from being returned to serve in congress 

 from the mountainous district, are chiefly 

 priests, several of whom have been named 

 according to the spot they come from : such 

 as Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, &c. &c. ; and some 

 of these names have not fallen badly on the 

 individuals so designated. This is the^mall- 

 est, but most illiberal party, and indeed 

 carries no weight in the chamber. The libe- 

 ral, or Valley party, so named from coming 

 from the lower districts, is numerous, and 

 not without priests, some of whom are men 

 whose liberal sentiments would do honour 

 to any country. 



There are some good speakers, but, taken 

 as a whole, by no means equal to the Senate. 

 T cannot forbear expressing my admiration 

 at the general decorum observed in both 



