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square feet of water, and kept the same 

 quantity flowing until the evening of the 

 15th; when I had succeeded in decreasing 

 the lake nearly ten feet, which rendered it 

 necessary to deepen the canal. 



Having on the J 5th November put every 

 thing in a fair train for speedily draining the 

 lake, I determined on returning to Bogota ; 

 and leaving the undertaking in the hands of 

 Senor Ramairez, whom I had found a most 

 agreeable companion, mounted my horse, 

 and after a ride of nine hours reached the 

 capital. 



