16 Bogota'. 



of the professors are monks, there being but 

 few of the laity. The youth are instructed 

 in Latin, mathematics, natural and moral phi- 

 losophy, and theology. Besides this, there 

 is now forming a school of mineralogy, under 

 the auspices of Dr. Mariano di Rivero, a 

 most sensible, scientific, and clever man, a 

 native of Peru, educated in the schools of 

 England, France, and Germany, and recom- 

 mended by Baron Humboldt to the govern- 

 ment. This gentleman, who is particularly 

 skilled in the practical knowledge of the best 

 methods of mining in all its branches, is also 

 founding a National Museum, which has, 

 under his hands, made considerable progress, 

 and for which he has travelled, to increase the 

 collection already amassed ; and out of the 

 four thousand dollars per annum allowed him 

 by the government, he has generously resign- 

 ed one thousand to augment the funds of the 

 Museum. — They have established here a Lan- 

 castrian school on the most liberal princi- 



