60 SANTA MARTHA. 



With such accounts, in the absence of the 

 luxuries thus wasted, did my host regale 

 my ears. He assured me that it would be 

 long before Bolivar would be there, and that 

 it was doubtful if he had yet returned from 

 Panama to Buenaventura in the Pacific. 



Being informed that there was game in 

 this neighbourhood, I went out shooting, 

 but found only a few pigeons. There 

 are, however, at the distance of ten or 

 twelve miles, deer, wild turkies, ducks, 

 and rabbits. 



Within the distance of a league from 

 Santa Martha are some natural salt pits or 

 mines, from which salt is obtained in con- 

 siderable quantities, and which may proba- 

 bly become an important branch of trade. 

 Silver has also been found in the vicinity; 

 but the richness and extent of the veins 

 have not yet been ascertained. 



