CONTENTS. 



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ing party. Shelter for the night. The hunt. News 

 from England. Opinion of the Natives as to the con- 

 duct of the English Ministers. Pearl fishery. Isthmus 

 of Panama. Pearls. Grants by the ministers. Feasts 

 ofBoyaca. General festivity. National dishes. Tor- 

 menting bulls. Masquerade. Padilla. Despatches 

 from Maracaybo. Naval victory. Painting. Grand 

 . party - 126—172 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Bogota'. Breakfast party. Lagoon of Guatavita. Fall 

 of Tequendama. Tradition. Bridge of Pandi. Won- 

 ders of nature. Preparations for departure from the 

 capital. Parting with friends. Road to Guatavita. 

 State of the corn lands, &c. Guatavita. Catholic priest. 

 Farming costume. Lassoing. Extract from Captain 

 Basil Hall. Hacienda of Echarleche. The Andes. 

 Lake of Guatavita. History of the Lagoon. Ancient 

 Indian road. Villages of Sescala and Yousa. Salt 

 springs. Coffee. Toursaleta. Extracting nitre. Se- 

 pulchral cave. Islanian wine. Watcheta. Road to 

 Liva. Earthenware manufactory. Coquisa shrub. Suta. 

 A party. Cherry-moyeau tree. Liva. Thunder- 

 storm. Copper mines of Muniquera. Return to Liva. 

 Chiquinquera. Friar's apartment. Church. Anecdote 

 of the picture of the Virgin. Monastery. Religious 

 ceremony. Emerald mines. Lake of Foucany. A 

 hunt. Reflections. Herd of wild cattle. Indian bu- 

 rial places. A storm. Draining the Lake. Change 



, of weather. A church collection. Clerical expedient. 

 Anecdote. Return to Bogota - - 173—262 



