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CONTENTS. 



Bocas. • The Cano Clarin. Entrance to the Magdalena. 

 Method of pohng the Champanes, Cano de Sohdad. 

 Heat of the weather. Baranquilla. Mr. Glenn. So- 

 lidad. Feast-day. Processions. Good-Friday. 

 Church service. Dramatic effect. Religious ceremo- 

 nies. Horses of the country. Pacing. Horse race. 

 Ball. More processions. Evening party. Prepara- 

 tions for departure. April fool's-day. Travelling re- 

 quisites. Dress and provisions. Mr. Bray. Depar- 

 ture from vSolidad. Method of procuring fire. Rema- 

 lion. Guaimaro. Formation of Champanes. Panon. 

 Gun-boats. Indian music and dancing. Baranca 

 Nueva. General Montes. Voyage continued. Alh- 

 gators. Plato. Musquitoes. Cauca. Pinto. Santa 

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I CHAPTER III. 



Monpox. Description of the city, houses, population, 

 trade, &c. Dinner party. Amusements of the natives. 

 Musquito dresses of leather. Laws relating to the 

 Bogas. Steam-boats. Embarkation. Santa Marga- 

 rita. Fruit trees. Plantains. Heat of climate. In- 

 conveniences of a piragua. Gauze dresses better than 

 those of leather. Voyage. Bogas' encampment. Boat- 

 men very troublesome. Pinon. Return to Monpox 

 in consequence of the knavery of the Bogus. De- 

 fect in the laws relative to these men. Expenses of a 

 champan from Monpox to Honda. Friendly meeting. 

 Contrast between the English and Colombian ladies. 

 Inconveniences of the voyage. Still annoyed by the 

 boatmen. San Fernando. Supper. Pinon. Difficulty 



