. The land of Bolivar; or, War, peace, and adventure in the Republic of Venezuela . er, onwhich lay a poor fellow whose arm had been shat-tered whilst blasting for the new road. Peace hasher victories no less than war, and they are notalways unattended by lists of killed and wounded. Some distance up the canon was a place bear-ing two names, and called indiscriminately CartvpoAlegre (Jolly Camp), and Gato Amarillo (YellowCat). Whether it was the yellow cat which madethe camp gay, or the gay camp that made the catyellow with debauchery, or what possible connectioncould exist between two such di
. The land of Bolivar; or, War, peace, and adventure in the Republic of Venezuela . er, onwhich lay a poor fellow whose arm had been shat-tered whilst blasting for the new road. Peace hasher victories no less than war, and they are notalways unattended by lists of killed and wounded. Some distance up the canon was a place bear-ing two names, and called indiscriminately CartvpoAlegre (Jolly Camp), and Gato Amarillo (YellowCat). Whether it was the yellow cat which madethe camp gay, or the gay camp that made the catyellow with debauchery, or what possible connectioncould exist between two such dissimilar appellations,it was impossible to imagine. Certainly the yellowcat had shown good taste in the selection of a place ofabode, for the village was a pretty little settlement. Chap, xiii.] THE WELL OF THE BIRDS. 231 The new road i,s well constructed, and has an easygradient; there are several deep cuttings and finebridges ; one of the hitter, 400 feet above Carjlens,is calkd tlie Puente de Falcon (Bridge of Falcoi]), inlionour of the President during whose rule tliis ptirt. POZO DE 1,0s PAJAROS. of the road was commenced. The bridge consists ofa strong single arch, liuilt of stone, and placed in amost picturesque situation. Higher up the road there is another l)ridge overthe river Encantado, near the beautiful cascade known 232 THE LAND OF BOLIVAR. [Chap. xiii. as the Pozo de los Pajaros (Well of the Birds),which is remarkable for its loveliness and water falls over a great, broad, umbrella-shapedmass of white limestone, under which the birds havebuilt their nests, and may be seen flitting aboutamidst the spray of the falling water. We weretold of a still more lovely miniature cataract of thisdescription on the same stream, nearer its source, buthad not time to visit it. The road to the Bridge of Falcon was the work ofthe Yellow party, from thence to Guayabo it wasconstructed by the Blues, the remaining part toCharallave Ijeing completed by the Yellows, wh
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