. 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 . nment stores from the riverto Bogota. They usually rested a day in the town, and spent theirtime whilst there sitting in the shade of some doorway and playingcards on a poncho spread on the ground. They were armed withRemington rifles, but apparently knew nothing of keeping theirweapons in order, for such of their pieces as I examined looked asif sandpaper and fat pork were the cleaning materials. I approached a jDarty
. 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 . nment stores from the riverto Bogota. They usually rested a day in the town, and spent theirtime whilst there sitting in the shade of some doorway and playingcards on a poncho spread on the ground. They were armed withRemington rifles, but apparently knew nothing of keeping theirweapons in order, for such of their pieces as I examined looked asif sandpaper and fat pork were the cleaning materials. I approached a jDarty playing cards on the hotel stairs, and pick-ing up a cartridge-belt examined the cartridges. The bullets hadall been drawn, the powder sold, and the bullets then put back. Insome cases the bullet had been lost, but a wooden plug answeredevery purpose. CHAPTER VI. BACK TO BARRANQUILLA. Monday, July 11, 1892. We were up very early, but owing tothe usual delays did not get oH: until half past seven. Mr. Bain insisted upon accompany-ing us for a portion of theway. Besides our ridingmules, we had three bao--gage mules, so we madequite a air wasfresh andcool, and we. DISMOUNTED ONLY FOH THE BAD PORTION ABOVE CONSUELO. passed without trouble the bad spots in the road, so reached thesummit in ofood time. Alice was more accustomed to the roadby this time, so she dismounted only for the bad portion above 116 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. Consuelo. I carried my camera under my arm, and took variousviews as we went alonp-. It was with feelino-s of resret that Itook the last hackward look at Guaduas, as we turned to go overthe crest. Before us stretched a magnificent view. The valleybeneath us was filled with clouds, but above them we saw the glit-tering snow of Tolima and of the Paramo del Ruis. I tried severalviews from this point Avith my camera, but much to my disappoint-ment, when the plates were developed, the blue sky and the whitepeaks both came out white, and there was
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