. The earth and its inhabitants ... ■-■•^ ■ ,-.à=&« -%.i*R> ^ê^â^-^ \»,^^rv-ir .^.^ ^ •iit^?.! :;:^^; West oF ureenwich 73° 18 MUea. Sogamoso valley, for here begin the great forests where nothing is to be seen,except at long intervals a solitary woodmans or boatmans hut. The gloomysolitudes of the lower Sogamoso merge in those of the Eio Magdalena, which ishere fringed by swamps, lagoons, false rivers, and backwaters. Some 30 miles below the Sogamoso confluence the right bank of the Mag-dalena is occupied by the little riverine port of Faturia, which was founded in1867, and which still awa
. The earth and its inhabitants ... ■-■•^ ■ ,-.à=&« -%.i*R> ^ê^â^-^ \»,^^rv-ir .^.^ ^ •iit^?.! :;:^^; West oF ureenwich 73° 18 MUea. Sogamoso valley, for here begin the great forests where nothing is to be seen,except at long intervals a solitary woodmans or boatmans hut. The gloomysolitudes of the lower Sogamoso merge in those of the Eio Magdalena, which ishere fringed by swamps, lagoons, false rivers, and backwaters. Some 30 miles below the Sogamoso confluence the right bank of the Mag-dalena is occupied by the little riverine port of Faturia, which was founded in1867, and which still awaits the construction of the projected railway to becomea busy centre of traffic. At this point the Magdalena communicates by a lateralchannel with the Eio Lebrija and a system of inland lagoons affording navigable TOPOGRAPHY OF COLOMBIA. 195 waterway as far as Puerto Botijas (Astacion Sanfunder), where the merchants ofBucaramanga and neighbouring towns have their depots. ]6.—Cttcuta 1 : 900, Puerto Villamizàr <îii^,Ji;;■■ - \ ■■■^ t \8= JiRON—Bucaramanga—Cucuta —OcaSa. Jiron (Giron), the oldest settlement in this district, lies at an elevation of1,850 feet on the Rio de Oro, tributary of the Le- yw. brija. Thanks to its gold-mines, Jiron is a busyplace, though somewhateclipsed by the neigh-bouring Bucaramanga,which, although less ac-cessible, enjoys a morehealthy climate at an alti-tude of over 3,000 feetabove the sea. Neverthe-less, Bucaramanga, likeits neighbours, Jiron andPiedecuesta, has lost someof the sources of its pros-perity. Its gold-minesare no longer worked, andit has ceased to exporttobacco, cacao, and strawhats, while the cinchonaof the surrounding forestsis now little esteemed. Bucaramanga lieswithin the Magdalenabasin, near the waterpart-ing towards tlie Maracaiboand Orinoco hydrographiesystems. On the Orinocoslope the only place thatranks as a town is Conccp-cion, near which are some hot springs. is Mil
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