246 A HUNT. 



Oct. loth. After a profound sleep, for 

 we were much fatigued with yesterday's 

 journey, we rose at seven, and at ten pro- 

 ceeded back, by the villages of Yousa and 

 Eskeline, to the hacienda of Echarleche, 



Oct. 16th. Visited the Lagoon of Gua- 

 tavita, and found the work going on but 

 slowly ; in consequence of which I deter- 

 mined to stop and direct it, whilst my 

 friends set off to visit the iron mines of 

 Animacon, and the salt mines of Zipaquira. 



Oct. 18th. Mounted a hunter of this 

 country, and joined Manuel Sanchez, the 

 overseer of the hacienda of Echarleche, and 

 several of his friends, who came up to the 

 neighbourhood *of the Lagoon, in quest of 

 deer. We traversed a considerable extent 

 of country without success ; at last, in the 

 thickets that cover the inside of the cone of 

 the lake, a deer was started. I happened 



