. The earth and its inhabitants ... TOPOGRAPHY OF COLOMBIA. 205 the old Indian village of San Sebastian de Rabago, at an altitude of 6,500 feet, inthe very heart of the Sierra Nevada. DiBULLA—VirXANUEVA—EsPIRITU SaNTO. On the almost uninhabited north-eastern coastlands, Dlbulla, formerly SanSebastian de la Rainada, lies some 60 miles due east of Santa Marta. At this pointthe shore-line begins to trend north-eastwards in the direction of Rio Hacha (Rio-hacha), the last Colombian station on the Caribbean Sea. Beyond it stretch theunproductive steppes roamed by the Goajiro Indians. The salines al
. The earth and its inhabitants ... TOPOGRAPHY OF COLOMBIA. 205 the old Indian village of San Sebastian de Rabago, at an altitude of 6,500 feet, inthe very heart of the Sierra Nevada. DiBULLA—VirXANUEVA—EsPIRITU SaNTO. On the almost uninhabited north-eastern coastlands, Dlbulla, formerly SanSebastian de la Rainada, lies some 60 miles due east of Santa Marta. At this pointthe shore-line begins to trend north-eastwards in the direction of Rio Hacha (Rio-hacha), the last Colombian station on the Caribbean Sea. Beyond it stretch theunproductive steppes roamed by the Goajiro Indians. The salines along thissection of the coast are almost abandoned, although containing a supply of saltsufficient for millions of people. Bahia Honda, on a deep inlet at the extremity of the Goajira Peninsula, is theplace which Bolivar is said to have regarded as a favourable site for the futuremetropolis of all Spanish America. A railway might easily be constructed fromthis point through Soldado and over the low pass in the neighbouring sierr
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