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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROFICS. 



There is a good deal of ceremony at meal-times ; no one takes 

 a seat before the captain, and no one rises until he gives the signal. 

 Should any one wish to rise before, he says, speaking to those 

 present, " con su permiso," by your leave. The meals are served 

 hurriedly by barefooted Indian boys, and were not so bad as we 

 had been led to expect. There are but two meals a day, though 



liAUNDRY AT BARRANQUILLA. 



coffee is served soon after daybreak. The bill of fare is about 

 the same for every meal, soup, beef and vegetables, " dulce " or 

 sweets, which usually consists of some fruit such as green figs 

 or "guayaba" skins, etc., boiled in syrup and served with coffee or 

 chocolate and cheese. There was neither fresh butter nor milk. 

 In every possible dish garlic is used and the majority of the dishes 

 are colored yellow with arnatto. The vegetables are rice, potatoes. 



