208 
VIEW 
OF THE 
SILLA DE CARACAS, 
PLATE LXVni. 
This gninitic mountain, very difficult to scale, 
because its slope is covered with a close turf, is 
more than thirteen hundred and fifty toises in ab- 
solute height. From the coast of Paria to the 
Sierre Nevada of Martha, no summit is found 
so lofty as the Silla de Caracas, called also 
Montanna de Avila, The two rounded summits 
bear the name of the saddle (silla) ; and serve as 
land marks for the harbour of Guayra. I have 
sketched this mountain on the south side, as it 
presents itself from the coffee plantation of Don 
Andrew Ibarra. 
