. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . CATHEDRAL AT KAKKANt^UILLA. a long drive through the town. It covers a good deal of space, butexcept the cathedral and one or two buildings near by, there areno houses of any architectural pretensions. The majority of thedwellinghouses are of mud and bamboo, thatched with rushes. Insome the mud is whitewashed, or is plastered smooth with lime, sothat from the street they appear solidly built of brick. One house 128 A F
. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . CATHEDRAL AT KAKKANt^UILLA. a long drive through the town. It covers a good deal of space, butexcept the cathedral and one or two buildings near by, there areno houses of any architectural pretensions. The majority of thedwellinghouses are of mud and bamboo, thatched with rushes. Insome the mud is whitewashed, or is plastered smooth with lime, sothat from the street they appear solidly built of brick. One house 128 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. of some pretension was unique. Between each window was a largepanel in the wall, and these panels were decorated with paintings orfrescoes horribly executed, the figures of life-size and gaudily col-ored. In one of the panels was the Angelus. In the eveningwe called on Captain Bradford. It Avas clear and hot. In the courtyard of our hotel there was a little armadillo whichhad been bought at the market here. Its body was about the size. Vr^- KA h NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO (tATUSIA NOVEMCINCTA). of a rabbits, but its head was longer and smaller, and its tail longand thick at the liase. Its scales did not overlap, nor were theyseparate, but were like those on the under parts of an alligator. Itseyes were very small (Tahinla novemchicta). BACK TO BARRANQUILLA. 129 Thursday, July 21, 1892. Cabell and I had arranc^ed for a manto come and take us out in a boat early this mornino-, so we mi-htget some waterfowl; but although we were ready by five oclock,he failed to appear. About seven we walked around to the market,where, after considerable inquiry, we managed to find a man and aboy, who took us out in a large dug-out. We started about halfpast seven, and went through a large ditch or canal, which ranacross a marshy tract for over a mile, until it opened into theMagdalena. Here we turned up-stream, and hugged the shoreclosely so that our boat could be poled alo
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