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dillera of New Grenada, to that which lies be- 

 tween the Magdalena and the Cauca, towards 

 Mariquita ; and that of the western Cordillera 

 of New Grenada, to the chain which continues 

 the Cordillera de la Costa from the basin of 

 Almaguer, and separates the bed of the Rio 

 Cauca from the platiniferous territory of Choco. 

 In order to be clearer, we may also name the first 

 chain, that of Suraa Paz, after the colossal 

 group e of mountains on the south of Santa Fe 

 de Bogota, which throws the waters of its east- 

 era declivity into the Rio Meta. The second 

 chain may bear the name of the chain of Gua- 

 nacas or Quindiu, on account of the two cele- 

 brated passages of the Andes, in the way from 

 Santa Fe de Bogota to Popayan. The third 

 chain may be called that of Choco, or of the 

 shore. Some leagues on the south of Popayan 

 (nor. lat. 2° 21'), west of Paramo de Palitara 

 and the volcano of Purace, a ridge of micaslate 

 runs from the knot of the mountains # of S a co- 

 bo ni, towards the north-west, and divides the 

 waters between the South Sea and the Carib- 

 bean Sea ; they flow from the northern decli- 

 vity into the Rio Cauca, and from the southern 

 declivity, into the Rio de Patias. 



The tripartition of the Andes, which we have 



* See my Essai geogn, sur le gisement dts roches, p. 130 and 

 131, 



