200 APPROACH TO Bogota'. 



men, of whom we met several travelling* 

 from the capital. The men were dressed in 

 roanas, and broad-brimmed hats ; and the 

 women in a kind of blue flannel petticoat, 

 a cloth mantle, which enveloped the head, 

 a very coarse broad-brimmed beaver hat, 

 with a round crown, and no shoes. 



On our nearer approach to Bogota, we 

 found the roads better, and discovered that 

 the town was spread, in rather a romantic 

 manner, over a larger space of ground than 

 from the first distant view we had antici- 

 pated. The ascent to it is gradual, by an 

 almeduy which was formerly beautifully 

 planted, but the trees were cut down and 

 destroyed during the progress of the re- 

 volution : the town is laid out in the form 

 of an amphitheatre. On entering the streets, 

 the number of people passing to and fro, 

 the ringing of the cathedral bells, and other 



