EXPERIENCES IN COLOMBIA 
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preparations,, and as I was the only one who knew how to ask for three 
tickets in Spanish, I was elected treasurer, and full of confidence 
approached the ticket office with the demand, "Trcs bolcto Barranquilla.” 
After much conversation and considerable sign language, I dis- 
covered that single fare was eightv-eight dollars, round trip being 
seventy-four dollars; so 1 bought round trips, thus saving forte-two 
dollars. The price seemed a little high, but it gave us an added respect 
for a corporation that could secure such prices. 
Taking our places in the passenger coach which was about fifteen 
feet long, with exceedingly narrow sides, we were bestowed as com- 
fortably as might be. We three were the only. Americanos, and the 
Colombians, particularly those with the store teeth, which seemed to be 
quite a fad, smiled at us benignly. We were unable to sit together, and 
MOUTH OF THE SINU RIVER. 
to one fell the luck of being seated by the side of an exceedingly dark 
complexioned lady with much adipose tissue, who shook with the motion 
of the train so that we feared her calico swathings would give way 
and she would run all over the floor; while between her and our com- 
panion sat a perfectly naked boy about six years old. I have forgotten 
how the rest of us were bestowed, I was so interested in watching the 
disgusted look on the face of the crowded one. 
When the train was loaded and everything ready, we had the usual 
South American wait of about half an hour, and then finally, after much 
protesting on the part of the fussy little engine, the train dragged 
slowly along the wharf, around by the station, and following the shore 
took its way through most uninteresting country until we reached 
