CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER XVI. 



Passage of the Cordillera of the Andes called Quin- 

 dio. Lieutenant Ortegas. Malarino. Erection of a 

 Rancha. Journey. Bad roads. La Tapia. El Moral. 

 New Year's Day. Anecdote of a Spanish Officer. El 

 Tambo de Toche. Dinner. Vile roads. Difficulties 

 of travelling. Contaderos. Palm trees. Anecdotes of 

 tigers. Storm. Illness. Novilla. Wretched roads. 

 La Balsa. Post. Guaduas. Most deplorable roads. 

 Storm. An Adventure. Cartago. Monsieur Le Roche. 

 Mines of Bega de Supia. Sachafruta. Pantano. 

 Echandia. Mermato. Valley of the Cauca. Coffee. 

 Difficulty of export. Celebrated medicinal herb Ca- 

 buid. Religion of the young men. Early marriages. 

 Description of the city of Cartago. Commerce. Climate. 

 Universal esteem of the Natives for Baron de Hum- 



, boldt. Sierra de Moro - - - 359—392 



CHAPTER XVIL 



Departure from Cartago. Cauca. Detention through 

 illness. Colombian phlebotomizing. Journey conti- 

 nued. La Cabezara. El Torrecito. Defection of a 

 Peon. Storm. Miserable travelling. Tigers. Young 

 Peons. Higeron. Las Cruces. El C/ioro de Pajea. 

 Indian blowpipe. Poisoned arrows. Bamboo houses. 

 The Guadua-tree. Precipitous descent. Las Juntas. 

 Rana de Ventna. River Tamina. La Cabezera. Peons. 

 Novita. Senor Hurtado. Negroes. Choco. Platina, 

 &c. Gold. Milks and Balsams. Ignorance of the 

 Natives. Departure from Novita. San Juan. San 

 Pablo. Tambo. Black Girl. Citera. Proposed junc- 

 tion of the Two Oceans. Tambo of Citera 393 — 433 



