32 Bogota'. 



the streets with gas, which was under consi- 

 deration when I left the country. 



The shops are generally right and left of 

 the entrances to the principal houses, for 

 which purpose the ground-floors are sacrifi- 

 ced, the dwellings being always up-stairs in 

 the first floor, and the windows over those of 

 the shops; above the front entrance are the 

 apartments of the family, on the side within 

 the court-yard are the best rooms, and, 

 facing the entrance, the servants' offices, &c ; 

 there is in some of the largest houses a 

 second court beyond, which is devoted to 

 offices, stables, laundries, &c. We paid at 

 the rate of three hundred dollars per annum 

 for the unfurnished house we inhabited. 

 The shops are very small, — all retail with 

 very few exceptions. 



The houses are low, in consequence of 

 being subject to the shock of earthquakes : 



