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Bogota'. 



customary, previously to visiting the Alame- 

 da. I was solicited to take a seat, which I 

 did, anxious to embrace every opportunity 

 of seeing the various customs of the country. 

 A variety of Spanish dishes were on table, 

 of which I partook ; much good humour and 

 merriment prevailed, the conversation con- 

 sisting chiefly of light jokes on some of the 

 party assembled. Water and chicha were the 

 only beverages drunk by the men, and orgeat 

 by the females. After the repast, one of the 

 ladies, who had a guitar with her, played a 

 national air, and accompanied it with her 

 voice, the men uniting in the chorus. My 

 watch announcing the hour when my mess- 

 mates at home would be waiting dinner for 

 me, I was compelled to quit my merry 

 friends. 



The Alameda is an agreeable walk, com- 

 manding an extensive view of the neighbour- 

 ing plain ; it requires however to be better 

 kept, and to have a walk raised for the foot 



