SALT SPRINGS. 209 



of trees the whole district appeared very 

 naked. 



In Yousa there are salt springs. We 

 stopped at the house of the director, or person 

 in charge of them, but did not find him at 

 home. We were, however, most hospitably- 

 received by his wife and daughter, who 

 provided every thing requisite for our 

 comfort. 



On the 7th, at daylight, we arose, with 

 the thermometer at 49^, which to us appear- 

 ed tolerably cold ; the water was most re- 

 freshing. As soon as we had taken some 

 chocolate, we sent for the comptroller of the 

 mines, and accompanied him to visit them. 



We found that the two springs, from the 

 evaporation of whose waters the salt is ob- 

 tained, came from the direction of the fa- 

 mous rock-salt mines of Zipaquira; and there 



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