96 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



PLAZA AND CATHEDRAL AT GUADUAS. 



trees, coffee plants, and plantains. As we entered the town, the 

 road became a narrow paved street with a gutter of running water 

 in the centre, and just as the land began to rise to meet the second 

 range of mountains, we came out into the principal square, the Plaza 

 de la Constitueion. This was a large paved square with a fountain 

 in the centre. On the eastern side was the cathedral, and on the 

 three remaining sides were various stores and public buildings, the 

 greater part of them of two stories in height. About the centre of 

 the row of houses on the northern side was the only hotel in the 

 place. It was of two stories, facing the plaza, the lower front rooms 

 being used as a store, and the one large room above as the recep- 

 tion or sitting-room. Back of this was a square courtyard, and 

 farther back a second. The rear of the house overhung a swift 

 running brook. The entrance was through a narroAV passageway 



