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a very romantic country, tolerably well 

 wooded, — a rather unusual sight to us 

 of late. The atmosphere very agreeable — 

 thermometer 52°, and road tolerably good ; 

 the general strata, slate and poor limestone, 

 with some indications of coal. About one, 

 after descending a mountain, from the top 

 of which we had a very extensive view, and 

 from whence, on the bare brow of a steep 

 to the left of us, we could perceive evident 

 veins of coal, we arrived at the village of 

 Roqera. Here we visited a manufactory of 

 earthenware, from whence Bogota is chiefly 

 supplied. The whole establishment misera- 

 ble in the extreme ; indeed, unless pointed 

 out to me to be a manufactory, I should 

 never have found it out. The clay is parti- 

 cularly good; and a pure white description 

 can be obtained in the neighbourhood, fit for 

 making porcelain. At three we continued 

 our journey, and in the way met with Ge- 

 neral Nariiio, who was on a visit to this 



