138 Bogota'. 



whole party succeeded iu killing five deer, 

 though unfortunately none of them fell to 

 our dogs. On Sunday we returned to Bo- 

 gota without venison, hut carried with us 

 ducks, pigeons, and a spoonbill, a species of 

 crane, excellent eating; the appearance of 

 the bird is very handsome, being tinged all 

 over with a vermilion colour. To hunt with 

 any success in this country, it is necessary 

 to go to the mountains, eastward of Bogota, 

 with a large party, and forty or fifty couples 

 of dogs; and then twelve or fourteen head of 

 deer may be killed each day. 



On the evening of the eleventh of July, the 

 Carthagena post arrived, and brought us in- 

 telligence from England up to the fifteenth 

 of April. Amongst other matter, were the 

 speeches of Lord Liverpool, and Mr. Can- 

 ning, as to the line of conduct which Great 

 Britain intended to pursue with respect to 

 South America. These excited intense inte- 



