Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XIII. Breakfast Party Fall Of Tequenda- Ma Bridge Of Pandi — Celebrated Lake Of Guatav1ta Salt Mines L1va Muniquera Chiqu1nqukra Anecdotes Of The Virgin Clerical Mode Of Raising Money — Return To Bogota’. The attentions I had received from many individuals, both in the government and unconnected with it, determined me to give a party to the heads of the republic, and the chief people, and foreigners in the place. As of late large public dinners had been given, I considered a breakfast might be an agreeable change ; I therefore waited on the Vice-President, and requested him to name a day when he would honour me with his company; which being fixed, I invited a party of about seventy to meet him ; and as the draining of the far-famed Lagoon of Gua- tavita at this time much engrossed public attention, I fitted up a large syphon, which was to discharge th? water from a vessel, intended to represent the Lagoon of Gua- tavita, into another vessel, placed below the level of the former, and at a tolerable distance : I had it fitted in the court-yard, in order to amuse the company previously to breakfast, and to shew them that if the present means for draining the Lagoon should fail, yet that a syphon would effect it. This instrument, though so well known in Europe, has not yet reached the interior of Colombia, and its properties were consequently known but to few. On the day appointed I proceeded to the palace, and conducted the Vice-President to the house ofmy friend, Senor Rovera, which he had kindly lent me for the occasion. All the company being assembled, I distributed plans of the Lagoo…

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The Rough Guide to Japan Fourth Edition (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

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The Rough Guide to Japan provides invaluable advice on everything from getting there (including overland routes) to tracking down the latest and best places to sleep, eat, drink and shop. There is comprehensive coverage of all the major sights – and many off the beaten track – from the northern tip of Hokkaido down to the islands of Okinawa, closer to Taiwan than Tokyo. Full-colour sections introduce manga and anime, arguably Japan’s most successful cultural export, its rich variety of festivals and its stunning traditional gardens. All this is accompanied by in-depth coverage of Japan’s history, religions, arts, movies and music plus a discussion of environmental issues. There are maps of all the main towns and tourist destinations, together with separate colour maps of the Tokyo subway system and the rail network in Osaka.

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Round the World in Strange Company: America, British Colombia, and the West (Section) (Travel in America)

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