New Granada : twenty months in the Andes / by Isaac F. Holton.

  • Isaac Farwell Holton
Date:
1857
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    XI i I • CHAPTER XV. paramo ^vnd politics. Dancing.—Mules, Bulls, and Horses.—Quesada, the Conqueror.—^Bolivar and ^ Santander.—Colombia: its Rise, History, and Disruption.—One or two Re- bellions.—Heroic and frail Woman.—Hail Page 200 4 1 CHAPTER XVI. i MONTSERRATE AND THE BOQUERON. i Aqueduct.—Bathing Excursion.—Houses not Homes.—Quinta of Bolivar.—Hill Difficulty, and a Way of doubtful Holiness. — Chapel. — Perpetual Snow. — ^ Some nice Plants. —A cold Region and its Inhabitants. —The Boqueron. — I Leheras.—Scarcity of Wood 211 CHAPTER XA^n. » THE PRISON, THE HOSPITAL, THE GRAVE. , Guadalupe.—Discomfited Saint.—Boqueron and bathing Girls.—Miracle-work- ing Image.—Fuel-girl and Babe.—Powder-mill and Magazine.—Soldiers.— Cemeteries. — D.ay of Mourning. —Potter’s-fields. — Gallinazo.—Hospital. — Doctors and Apothecaries.—Provincial Prison 222 I CHAPTER XAHII. r THE VALLET OF THE ORINOCO. ^ Hydrography.—Paramo of Choachi.—Cordillera of Bogota and the Provinces on fl its Summit. — Eastern Wilderness. — Thermal Springs. — Indian Reserves. — I Fortunate Priest.—His cunning Penitent.—Cordage Plant.—Laguna Grande. ^ —Hid Treasures.—Murder of the Chibcha King.—Senor Quevedo.—Bolivar. • —Joaquin Mosquera.— Rafael Urdaneta.—Domingo Caicedo.— Jose Maria jjf Obando.—Franci.sco de Paulo Santander.—Six Administrations and three Re- i, bellions.—Murder and Mystery.—Sucre, Sarda, and Mariano Paris.—Une.— a Pai-amo of Cruz Verde,—Rare Plants 23.'5 • CHiVPTER XIX. CONGRESS, CONSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND WEATHER. ' Congi'ess Halls.—Opening of Congress.—Audience.—Constitutions of 1843 and 1853.—Defect of the latter.—^Finances.—Descentralizacion.—Mint.—Mails. —Provincial Schools.—Colegio Militar.—Obseiwatoiy.—Caldas.—Hoyo del Aire. — Schools and Studies. — Manufactories. — The dependent Classes. — Weather, Temperature, etc., of Bogota 256 'i CHAPTER XX. THE FALLS OF TEQUKNDAMA. Leaving Bogota. — Mule-hunting. — Soacha. — Agricidture at Tequendama.— Course of the River.—Description of the Falls.—Comparison of Cataracts.— Photogi-aphic View.—Mist Theory.—Tree-ferns.—Haciendas of Cincha and Tequendama.—Saw-mill and Quinine Factory.—Sabbath Reading 272