COLLEGES. 15 



opinion that the moment the more pressing 

 claims of the war will permit, certain funds 

 should be applied for the purpose of trying a 

 great number of experiments under the in- 

 spection of skilful physicians, in order to 

 discover a mode of preserving, as well chil- 

 dren as adults, from the goitres, and another 

 which may restore to health those who labour 

 under the disease. It is of the greatest im- 

 portance to excite the learned even of other 

 countries to make enquiries into the causes 

 which produce the disorder, and into the 

 means of remedying it. The offer of a liberal 

 reward to whoever may satisfactorily solve 

 those two questions, and demonstrate by ex- 

 perience the truth of his reasonings, would 

 be a step worthy of the congress of Colombia. 



There are three colleges, conducted on a 

 scale superior to that of the hospitals ; they 

 are well situated and strongly built; that 

 of the Jesuits is the principal ; the majority 



