. The earth and its inhabitants ... gh visited by pilgrims from all quarters with their offerings of goldand precious stones, Sogamoso is a flourishing centre of the cattle trade, exceedingthe capital in population. The surrounding plains, often under water, are littlesuited for tillage, but they serve to fatten numerous herds imported from thellanos of Casanare ; the local breed of horses is also highly esteemed. Soata, some 60 miles farther north, stands on a well-cultivated terrace (6,710feet), dominating the west side of the deep gorge of the Sogamoso. It is animportant agricultural and tr
. The earth and its inhabitants ... gh visited by pilgrims from all quarters with their offerings of goldand precious stones, Sogamoso is a flourishing centre of the cattle trade, exceedingthe capital in population. The surrounding plains, often under water, are littlesuited for tillage, but they serve to fatten numerous herds imported from thellanos of Casanare ; the local breed of horses is also highly esteemed. Soata, some 60 miles farther north, stands on a well-cultivated terrace (6,710feet), dominating the west side of the deep gorge of the Sogamoso. It is animportant agricultural and trading centre, surrounded by fertile plains yieldingabundant crops of sugar, wheat, and other produce of the hot and temperatezones ; even the date-palm, rare in Colombia, here arrives at maturity. North of Sogamoso the chief places in the valleys of the Eastern Cordillera areChifa and Cociii, the former south, the latter north of the main range, but bothwithin the cold zone at the respective altitudes of 9,765 and 9,045 feet. Chita. TOPOGRAPHY OF COLOMBIA. 191 enjoys the benefit of some extremely rich saline hot springs (122° Fahr.) in theCasanare basin, which are utilised by the neighbouring Tunebo Indians for variousmaladies. The Cocui district abounds in coal, iron, copper, argentiferous lead, m be
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