JOURNAL 



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RESIDENCE IN COLOMBIA. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Bogota'. — manners and customs, &c. 



Bogota', the capital of Colombia, was 

 founded in 1538 by Gonzalo Ximenes de 

 Quesada, who originally built twelve houses 

 in honour of the twelve apostles, on the skirt 

 of the two mountains of Mont Serrat and La 

 Guadaloupe. It is situated in N. Lat. 4^. 10', 

 and W, Long*. 73^. 50', in an extensive and 

 fertile plain, to the eastward of the great 

 chain of the Andes. It is elevated to a height 

 of 8615 feet above the level of the sea, and 

 presents an imposing appearance to the 



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