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slightly, acquainted : and at Bogota I ex- 

 perienced from my fellow-countrymen that 

 attention which is always gratifying, and 

 which upon this occasion was highly useful 

 to me. 



In the evening Colonel Hamilton was kind 

 enough to deliver my letter of introduction 

 to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who, at 

 the solicitation of the colonel, appointed a 

 time to give me an audience. On Sunday, 

 the 25th of May, I accompanied Colonel 

 Hamilton to the Senate-house, where we 

 found Sehor Gual, the Minister for Foreign 

 Affairs, answering questions which had been 

 put to him by the Congress. As soon as he 

 had finished, he beckoned us to follow, and 

 we accompanied him to his office. Having 

 read all my papers, he expressed himself 

 much pleased with the object of my jour- 

 ney, and promised me all the assistance 

 in his power. 



