The earth and its inhabitants .. . to traverse the short but difficult 184 SOUTH .VMERICA—THE ANDES BEGIOXS. road north-westwards to Villcta, wliich is still cut ofP by two rugged passes andtwo upland valleys from the Magdalena over against Honda. In \.M7 the engineer roncet undertook the construction of a good road whichwas to follow the normal north-westerly direction to 8i(li(ic/i0(jiif, whence a some-what gently inclined though tortuous route leads to the Magdalena at the RioNegro confluence, 12-5 miles from Bogota ; thus would have been avoided the ascent Fig. 69 — BoiiOTA AND ITS .\lTB0A
The earth and its inhabitants .. . to traverse the short but difficult 184 SOUTH .VMERICA—THE ANDES BEGIOXS. road north-westwards to Villcta, wliich is still cut ofP by two rugged passes andtwo upland valleys from the Magdalena over against Honda. In \.M7 the engineer roncet undertook the construction of a good road whichwas to follow the normal north-westerly direction to 8i(li(ic/i0(jiif, whence a some-what gently inclined though tortuous route leads to the Magdalena at the RioNegro confluence, 12-5 miles from Bogota ; thus would have been avoided the ascent Fig. 69 — BoiiOTA AND ITS .\lTB0ACUE8 Scale 1 : 1,200, Railways completed. prnjecled. Rmda. If) Miles. of the steep intervening Cordilleras, as well as the dangerous rapids at the ravages of the prevalent marsh fevers, followed by civil , arrested theprogress of the works, which, however, have recently been resumed. Meanwhilea more direct route was projected from Bogota westwards to the Magdalena atCambao, midway between Ambalema and Honda. But in this direction the onlyroad hitherto opened is a mere bridle-path, while all the other routes become BOGOTA AND ITS ENVIRONS
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