258 CILANGE OF WEATHER. 



patched for that purpose, I in a few days 

 commenced planking the sides of the canal, 

 and properly secured it. 



The weather now increased in coldness. 

 Hail frequently fell, and the whole country, 

 of a morning, was covered with a brilliant 

 hoar-frost. On Sunday, 2d of November, 

 I mounted my horse at nine o'clock, and 

 descended to the village of Guatavita, where 

 I met my friend Senor Paris. Dined with 

 the curate, who ate most voraciously, and 

 in such amazing quantities, that 1 was not 

 at all astonished at his being afflicted with 

 the gout. It was market-day ; the square 

 before the house filled with Indians from the 

 surrounding plains. I walked through the 

 market-place, and found the goods for sale 

 consisted chiefly of coarse articles, manufac- 

 tured in the country ; the foreign merchan- 

 dize appeared principally from Scotland, 



