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harrows, winnowing, threshing, and seed- 

 sowing machines, as the chief cost is the 

 labour ; indeed, if you should grow for ex- 

 portation, it would not be possible to pro- 

 cure sufficient hands. Notwithstanding the 

 richness of the mines, I consider agriculture 

 as a still more lucrative speculation for a 

 large capitalist to embark in ; and the atten- 

 tion of some enterprising character should 

 be turned towards it. For ready money, 

 land may be purchased at a very low rate,' 

 in any situation required; and the nume- 

 rous rivers of the interior will facilitate the 

 communication with the coast. 



About eight o'clock our horses were 

 driven into the yard, having been straying 

 some miles in the plain. We immediately 

 mounted, and pushed rapidly on for the vil- 

 lage of Guatavita, where we arrived at noon, 

 just in time to sit down to dinner with the 

 curate Dr. Antonio Bargas, a good-humour- 



