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* (lat. 5° 5'), the last of the Nevados of the cen- 

 tral Cordillera, we discover in the eastern chain 

 the snowy summits of Chita (lat. 5° 50'), and 

 of Mucuchies (lat. 8° 12'). It thence results, 

 that from 5° latitude, the only mountains co- 

 vered with snow during the whole year, are the 

 Cordilleras of the east ; and although the Si- 

 erra Nevada of Santa Marta is not, properly 

 speaking, a continuation of the Nevados of 

 Chita and Mucuchies (west of Patute, and east 

 of Merida), it is at least very near their meri- 

 dian. 



Arrived at the northern extremity of the 

 Cordilleras, comprehended between Cape Horn 

 and the isthmus of Panama, we shall confine 

 ourselves to the indication of the loftiest sum- 

 mits of the three chains-^ which separate in 

 the knot of the mountains of Socoboni, and the 

 ridge of Roble (lat. 1° 50' — 2° 20'). I begin 

 with the most eastern chain, that of Timana 

 and Suma Paz, which divides the tributary 

 streams of the Magdalena and the Meta ; it 

 stretches by the Paramos de Chingasu, Gua- 

 chaneque, Zoraca, Toquillo (near Labranza 

 Grande), Chita, Almorsadero J, Laura, Cacota, 



* The snows called at Santa Fe, Mesa de Herveo. 

 f See above, 248. 



i This Paramo is situated between the bridge of Chitaga 

 and the village of Tequia, The Rio Chitaga throws itself 

 into the Sarare, and the Rio Tequia, into the Rio Sogamozo. 



