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tlian for die extraordinary form of its 
“tif appear as if shaped by the hand of man. 
Natural bridges of icononzo. 
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u''^st barren summits form die most picturesque 
fciplj ^ "'ith the tufts of trees and herbaceous vegetables 
1 ^‘cli j^'"''''r ilie edges of die fissure. The little torrent 
'vorked itself a passage through the valley of 
t’ears the iiaiiie of llio do la Sunima Paz. It 
the eastern chain of the Andes, which, with 
|.®t '’’ti of New Granada, separates the basin of the 
^iar> ■^^'“'*tlena from the vast plains of the Meta, 
aljj^J/'I'd Orouoco. This torrent, conliiied within a 
'‘'accessible, could not have been crossed with- 
®‘11ieuliies, had not Nature herself formed two 
a which are justly regarded in the 
f. ^Niong die objects most worthy of the attention 
I natural bridges are on die route 
Ii totiQ Bogota to Papayan and Quito, 
k is the name of an ancient village of Muyscas 
on the south side of the valley, and of 
any vestige now remains, except a few 
C®Pi>t nearest inhabited place to this reraark- 
{j.* ahoy? iidle village of Pandi, or Mercadillo, dis- 
a mile. The road from Santa-P'e to Fusa^ 
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fril passionately love tlic beauties of Nature, 
V 'Bence to Pandi, is one of the most difficult 
V, jkojg ®3ten to be met with in the Cordilleras. None 
Sq prefer the usual road which leads from the 
'V to die banks of the Madelena, to the peril- 
'V**‘'i"s f Baramo de San-Fortunato, and the 
t V?*”’ ^'osagasuga, toward the Natural Bridges of 
'■dh!’''-‘cit)U '^Basm through which the torrent of Summa 
'’■ 0 ! itself, occupies the centre of the valley of 
til 'Be first natural bridge, it maintains, for 
.'til" ''’Cijt: four-fifths of a mile, a direction from 
*Put i.a t"ivcr forms two fine cascades, the one 
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t 'ir? enters the chasm on the west of Doa, 
iXthi 'Itttt where it leaves it, in descending 
It is possible that this chasm, which 
on an enormous scale, the gallery of a 
Its A'tve been the result of an earthquake , and 
®‘tiiatioB^ die compact bed of quartz, cora- 
