2J2 SALT SPRINGS. 



Thirteen thousand six hundred and se- 

 venty arrohas are obtained in six months, 

 on which the clear profit is only about 

 five thousand dollars ; whereas, by proper 

 means, the springs might yield a profit 

 of four times that sum. The direction of 

 the ravine, where these springs rise, is 

 about North and South. These springs, to- 

 gether with the magnificent rock-salt mines 

 of Zipaquira, are shortly to be worked in 

 a superior style by Colonel Johnston and 

 Mr. Thompson. 



On returning to the director's house, we 

 were regaled with an excellent breakfast, 

 and peculiarly fine coffee ; we found it was 

 procured from a place called Piamy, near 

 to the village of Patcho, where it costs 

 only three-pence a pound, whereas at Bo- 

 gota, for much inferior coffee, the common 

 price is a shilling. 



