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JOURNEY, 



CHAPTER XV. 



JOURNEY BOCA DEL MONTE LA MESA 



MODE OF SWIMMING MULES OVER A RI- 

 VER MAODALENA PURIFICATION 



SALDANEA RELIGIOUS PROCESSION— IN- 

 DIAN TRIBUTE-— GOLD-WASHING MINES 



OF APONE — ^ PASSAGE ON A RAFT DOWN 

 THE RIVER SALDANEA TO COYAMA PU- 

 RIFICATION SHAM BULL-FIGHT— COCK 



MASS — IBAGUE. 



About seven p. m. I stopped at the vil- 

 lage of Fontabon for the night. On the 12th, 

 rose at daylight, thermometer 42°. Conti- 

 nued my journey to La Mesa. The first part 

 lay across the plains of Bogota, over which 



