. 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 . cowhidesstretched over them for beds. These we found to be swarmingwith fleas, bedbugs, and a kind of flying roach an inch and a halflong, so we spent a wakeful night, tormented by bites. The restof our party were given cots in the main room. The landlord, Don Clemente Mejija, kept a blank book, by wayof hotel register, in which his various guests had indulged in theirfondness for poetry by writing, above their names,
. 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 . cowhidesstretched over them for beds. These we found to be swarmingwith fleas, bedbugs, and a kind of flying roach an inch and a halflong, so we spent a wakeful night, tormented by bites. The restof our party were given cots in the main room. The landlord, Don Clemente Mejija, kept a blank book, by wayof hotel register, in which his various guests had indulged in theirfondness for poetry by writing, above their names, verses in praiseof the host and of his hospitality, or by giving vent to the emotions THE MULE ROAD AND GUADUAS. 93 inspired by the sublimity and beauty of the view of the distantmountain ranges. In the yard in rear of the house was chained a long-tailed mon-key, black with a white face, and there was also a cage of dull col-ored thrushes, marked somewhat like a newly fledged robin, but notquite so large. Don Clemente had a tame troupial which wasallowed perfect liberty, but which came from the forest whencalled. On the road we passed many peons bent under heavy loads of. ON THE ROAD TO GUADUAS. over one hundred pounds, the weight being supported partly ontheir shoulders and partly by a strap passed across their was clear and hot. Monday, July 4, 1892. We were up early this morning. As Iwas feeling worse, we decided to go on only as far as the next town, 94 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. Guaduas, and stop there, but as Lindauer was going to push ahead,he said good-by to us, and hurried on. We had a light breakfast,and started off about eight. Alice was very nervous about theroad, and walked a good part of the way to the summit and downthe other side. We reached the crest about nine, going up someplaces worse than a staircase, and just before reaching the top, through a deep andcrooked gorge notwide enough fortwo animals to saw here the useof the brass slip-p
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