GUADUAS. 



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corner at right angles. This place is to 

 Bogota what Cheltenham is to London : the 

 people of fashion visiting it for the benefit 

 of their health, on account of the purity and 

 mildness of the air, and the salubrity of the 

 water. 



Thursday 22d. At nine o'clock we took 

 leave of our friend, and started with two 

 mules in company carrying our light equi- 

 page, leaving the heavy baggage to follow 

 with the servant. From a rising ground 

 behind Guaduas, we had a fine expansive 

 view of the picturesque valley in which 

 that town is situated ; the surrounding 

 mountains being covered with trees to their 

 summits, and having the plain at their feet, 

 consisting of rich and verdant pasturage, 

 in which quantities of cattle, horses, and 

 mules are seen grazing. The general trade 

 of Guaduas is the manufacture of straw hats, 

 which are made in a beautiful stylp, and 



