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VIEW 
OF THE 
LAKE OF GUATAFITA. 
PLATE LXVII. 
This lake is situate to the north of Santa Fe de 
Bogota, at the absolute height of more than 
fourteen hundred toises, on the ridge of the 
mountains of Zipaquira, in a wild and solitary 
spot, iln the drawing are shown the remains of 
a flight of steps,’ serving for the ceremony of 
ablution ; and a cut in the mountains, which was 
attempted a short time after the conquest, to dry 
up the lakiO, and find the treasures, which, ac- 
cording to tradition, the natives had there con- 
cealed, when Quesada appeared with his cavalry 
on the plain of New Grenada. 
