JOURNEY. 



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CHAPTER XVII. 



CAUCA ANCERMA PASSAGE OF THE COR- 

 DILLERA OF THE ANDES, CALLED CHOCd, 



FROM CARTAGO TO NOVITA EL CHORO DE 



PAJEA RANA DE VENENA LAS JUNTAS 



— TANIMA — ^NOVlTA PROPOSED COMMUNI- 

 CATION BETWEEN THE PACIFIC AND AT- 

 LANTIC OCEANS. 



Jan. 14th. Having on the previous even- 

 ing paid my parting visits, I started about 

 mid-day, after having v^ith infinite trouble, 

 notwithstanding the assistance of my friend 

 Don Luis, collected my peons. I provided my- 

 self with a sillero, having determined to cross 

 the second range of mountains to reach Chocd; 

 and, examining its mineral treasures, after- 

 wards to descend the river Atrato, to gain Car- 

 thagena. The exertions I had made to as- 

 semble my peonSy under the scorching rays of 



