The earth and its inhabitants .. . gradient. South of Tolima the Cordillera falls considerably as far as the ])oak of SantaCatalina, in which it again rises to 16,170 feet, that is, the lower limit of perennialsnows. Then follows the imposing mass of the three-crested Huila (18,000 feet),which still shows .some life in its sulphurous vapours escaping from a few fissuresand melting the surrounding .snows. South of Huila, the Guanacas Pass, rathermore elevated than that of Quindio, connects the two upper Magdalena and Caucavalle3s. This broad gap was followed by Belalcazar on his first expeditio
The earth and its inhabitants .. . gradient. South of Tolima the Cordillera falls considerably as far as the ])oak of SantaCatalina, in which it again rises to 16,170 feet, that is, the lower limit of perennialsnows. Then follows the imposing mass of the three-crested Huila (18,000 feet),which still shows .some life in its sulphurous vapours escaping from a few fissuresand melting the surrounding .snows. South of Huila, the Guanacas Pass, rathermore elevated than that of Quindio, connects the two upper Magdalena and Caucavalle3s. This broad gap was followed by Belalcazar on his first expedition ofconquest in New Grenada. THE CENTEAL CORDILLERA OF COLOMBIA. 147 Towards the south of Colombia the volcanic cones of the Central Cordillerabecome more numerous and more active. In 1849 Purace, at that time terminat-ing in a regular dome, suddenly exploded, ejecting ashes and melting its snows,which rushed down in a deluge of slush, sweeping away the neighbouring villages Fig. —Colombia 1 ; 4S5,000. fi^^U-. J* c ^i / J 1 ^ ^ r 5. J WJ > r
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