10 Bogota'. 



medicines are sold ; and thus do the monks 

 make an income of the afflictions of their fel- 

 low men. There is a military hospital, the 

 medicines requisite for which are also ob- 

 tained from these same brothers of the cowl, 

 by orders from the commissario, on the re- 

 presentation of the surgeon ; this department 

 has, however, most fortunately for the sol- 

 diery, been placed under the control of my 

 friend Dr. Mayne, whose appointment as 

 surgeon-general must be productive of much 

 benefit to the afflicted tenants of the hospi- 

 tal, though, in consequence of the delay in 

 procuring the necessary medicines, serious 

 events sometimes occur. 



During my stay in Bogota, two poor fel- 

 lows fell into a caldron of boiling water, and 

 on being conveyed to the hospital, in conse- 

 quence of the delay of the parties through 

 whom the orders issued by Dr. Mayne for 

 required remedies were sent, the specifics 



