New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-26

tAeee o-l-,znS may Dc c0ostcred So Ass- - % s
ose for shop, with q eounssr tiv-diss = ia'o ts'
eqssl PeT; the other larger nearly clear o, fafa-:s
Tor dsnting. sc
Here saw posts made q the trunks d treetrT>s
called here te5i' ssw also esrth 20 lsryrI
could scarce teteve my eyes. Il was large
Gle and longer
short time after nv RcquerOa rSie the sane k,ad
guide ihsthsd led me 20 the bathing p.ce in the Arh
bishop River wet with re "a he said on shor- sx
cursion h.d been sick more than week and vss still
feeble We .es GU, ser somewhat early breakfast AID
soor found We were rising higher AMI cher dresyia
the rear Of the center OF the city and Just south OF the
Bocueron We csre 70 the ruins Of church much
lower than that Of Nortserrste but We still ssceadet
AT length could see over Montserrsfe-ccuid see
the horizon bcyoHd-usy evea look down on the PLAN
a. il stretched OF to the norhn il, We came at lens'h
10 the ruins Of another church IN lis dsy more spen
did that OF MontSerrsie Il Il tia; OF Our Lady OF
Gusdslure
Mounting these walls found myself higher than
ever bed been before than msy be again, placed
Mount Washington IN my ins ,inston st the level Of
the beneath snd found ~ top 80 low ss scarce
10 be observable
Prom this pon, my friend who never Toe, an ,ppor
tuuy Of sctnc into troucle. suggested descent to
wsrd the n T. from which we could reach the city oy
.
the esscst way to reach the city We were soOn com
mitied snd too far down 70 retreat The whole side
was denscly covered with bushes ana without path
but gravity will do wonders when trusts himself to
H. end strange to say reached the bottom by yosd
B fortune and good management, bringing clothes
with ne An equal task remained. Il to pas the
Boqucron filed with = swollen river without wstting
nv feet The wild mAgnifcenee OF the scene :. un
surpassed by anything rccolleet. For more than
mile the walls steep scale and the bottom too
narrow Tor a wagon road
Through this narrow pass much Of the supplies cf
Bosots passes the shoulders Of men and women aud
the backs Of oxen Wood. charcoal wheat. fowls tur-
pcntne Of frsexon in bottles made o. leaves and even
plsn,ans from the warmer regions beyond the noun
tsns come pouring down At all hours OF the day, and
particularly esrly Friday morning.
+ Now only escaping complete duckng IN my eiorts
10 save my feet bad crossed aud reoros.ed the stream
til but one more crossing remained at the outlet OF the
Z Boqueron Here a new obstacle met me. To pass
where the road did clearly impossible; above was
unscsleable rock Below a narrow path close be
side the water. where group of bathing girs held
possession The wilderness Of their skin showed them
Of no plebesn cast, in fact learned they headed
by school mistress How these nsiads lived in the
freezing current Was to mystery bu, there they
. were. must gtI tOunu buctn - u'ct Noa'H va"
90 snd st length below passed the stream and returned
10 the city.
made somewhat similar expedition a few days
stree only left the hight OF Montserrse at my left
Traced fret on the base of the mountain church
called Egypt whether from dsi kness or bondage, or
both know not but in either sense churches
than one might with propriety bear the name Lesv.
ing the outskirts OF the city behind by rising still
higher we reach the little church Of Our Lady Of the
Cliff with It's miraculous image Of Joseph, Mary, the
infant Savior and angel bearing the Pyx In which
they keep the consecrated wafer High on the soun-
tain were the unchiseled statutes found by sort Of
Indian beegnr II cost immense labor to detach the
aroup from the solid rock, of which it was part, and
bring them down thus far toward the city. Whether
they were found dech cd in muslin and nsel and paint
~ now know not.
From here our course was z. w. steep sscent-s
mountain sw amp and n well. path the ridge
brought US in sight of two miserable little fields and
hut covered with grass. Here man. his wife,
snd two lre children preparing loads Of wood for
the city descest directly south brOug to road,
paved ia some places running along the banks Of the
Fueha turned and went from the city ON this road.
AZ was going up a steep pitch, met sight which
shAl not FORGET. II was young girl apparently
4 Is, but perhaps older she had on her back large
load OF wood, but descending the steep road with
quick elastic step; In her right hand was the long
stsf they always Curry snd her left her babe
uuconsciOusy drawing ts nOurishment from the living
fountain. Al woman, how varied but universal
thy wrongs The father Of this innocent may have
been country priest living in coarse luxury with
nothing the energies Of his mind neither
responsibilities nor duties beyond the Performance OF
Prescribed ceremonies ~ prescribed tmes nothing In
short. 70 do bu, TO draw nutrition. propagate and
he fivtyg noa.fiv in = tuu1 but = fact lany 4
feet wide and feet from the 10 the ground,
tryes to exc cut subsistence for herself and babe BY
picking up load Of sticks near her kennel carrying
them and her babe from to u miles aud selling her
load for three hsf0imes.
Near here gathered the fruit of a curious shrub the
Corisris. The flower had been very small scarcely
noticeable indeed except for rs numbers, and foe
apparently growing the leaves But when the time
came tor 20 out Of flower the petals instead ofa
ing took 20 gyoEsg They became so dis,ended with
bright red juice to sppesr almost black and % have
crowded each other out OF shape and into angular
mrsses hdin entirely the little capsule ami appearing
Ike berry I found here too, for the irst time in
South America, missleioe growing on bush.
The road from here 70 Bogota does not closely follow
the River Fuchs but rises a shoulder Of the
tain at considerable ght while the river snter. the
plain through gorge. Here found gigantic hgure
painted on sloping rock in the river as ii waling
across il With a child his shoulders and using palm
for staff II was 70. Christopher (CArst bsarer) Of
whose history unfortunately ! know more than u
,ho.n by the etyroology Of bis wonder i his
mother gave him that name in infancy, and II when
grown 10 more han mans he had the honor 10
carry once or repeatedly the infant Savior on his
shouders' But IL Is useless % Gsk.
jus, below here took my drst and only bath Ia the
cblly climate u Bogo,s- / VS. IN the wa,er bus
Instant bathed like cat DR.. B4yon said bu, the
dip coat me a sickness Of fortnight How the hard
iDhabl;su; enjoy himself in the wintry stream
how, heated with working under vertical sun, he
pluneet into ir-h9w even LILLE children are, have
them, eopous.y and deliberately bathed Ia 70 me