The earth and its inhabitants .. . ough somewhateclipsed by the neigh-bouring Bucaranianga,which, although less ac-cessible, enjoys a morehealthy climate at an alti-tude of over 3,000 feetabove the sea. Neverthe-less, Eucaramanga, likeits neighbours, Jiron andPicdecuesfa, 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. Eucaramanga lieswithin the Magdalenabasin, near the waterpart-insr towards tlie ilaracaiboand Orinoco hydrographicsyst
The earth and its inhabitants .. . ough somewhateclipsed by the neigh-bouring Bucaranianga,which, although less ac-cessible, enjoys a morehealthy climate at an alti-tude of over 3,000 feetabove the sea. Neverthe-less, Eucaramanga, likeits neighbours, Jiron andPicdecuesfa, 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. Eucaramanga lieswithin the Magdalenabasin, near the waterpart-insr towards tlie ilaracaiboand Orinoco hydrographicsystems. On the Orinocoslope the oulj place thatranks as a town is Concop-cion, near which are somehot springs. The upper Lebrijabasin is separated bj the Mesa Juan Rodriguez range from the upland valleysdraining to the Venezuelan rivers, Zulia and Catatumbo. Pamplona, the mostelevated place on this slope, stands at an altitude of 7,550 feet in an old lacustrinebasin, source of the Rio Pamplonita. Although less animated than the other. tJ> p<?p at 72-40 ? ^lest j[ Greervvich /2I0- 18 Miles. 196 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. towns of Sautaiuler, Iuinplona, an old ecclesiastical foundation dating fromthe year 1041), possesses some industrial specialties, such as brewing and niatcb-making. Beyond this place the route follows the windings of the Iuniplonita fromterrace to terrace through one of the most romantic valleys of the Andes, andpasses below the village of Chinacota, where the ferocious Alfinger met his fate,San Jone de Cucuta, or simply Ciiciitu, on the left bank nf the Iainplonila, liesalready in the hot zone at an altitude of not more than 9t)() feet above the coffee plantations, to which Cucuta owes its prosperity, lie higher up on theslopes of tlic mountains ; but the cacao, one of the best in the world, is grownin the immediate vicinity. In 187o Cucuta was visited by an earthquake, with acombined vertical and vortical movement, which left not a single h
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