The Republican journal., 1902-12-18
1rrD STATES OF COLOMBIA
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''' ,,- correspondence of The Journal
l'F COLOMBIA, November5, 1902.
aSpT voa desire to ezterminate an
sb''p the most excruciating torture
enSIO, y imagination can conceive just
lasi 'h' w, ia the Magdalena country and
hI' 'I him to make trip up the great
ipda'' .ns netting, veil, gloves or other
H''+ ,,on The locality is infested with
Pr'L a,,,rsst mosquitoes that ever buzzed,
.as Hes sseoeers on the river boats must
Sl0 r. ,su provided with everything at
o'p' IN the way of offence and de-
s'1, araiust them, During the height
iFa'' nosauito season ali the officers
o. 70, .g hands wear thick wells over
'Du w. Us tied close around the neck,
Ih' .', bnck skin gauntlets, both night
p'' l.r every door and window is
d" vtH wire netting with intini-
Wv ,, mesh, the fumes of pennyroyal,
'S ~, and every known preventive
y' a., sa8ir and yet, somehow, the.
. ..og sscus TO come off more or less
n &, the fashion hereaboutS
"' ....su tl stories of astonishing
-.-. mach as Californians boast
..-s. thur fruits, and the peo-
0 Puget sound brag of their
anus. but | assure you that
..s...- r..r IAN hardly exceed the
., lAa1s bad enough the year
fr certain seasons when winds
'....+... .um the jungles, the mos
..ue m clouds that literally
.a- -- sky and the sound of their
...,,-..,-, rs the noise of a saw mill.
,...fs. mtu NOT beast can withstand
...- ATTACKS unprotected, and it is a
=. that .tte and horses are fire.
..,+y e-m.-uted to death by them. |
r ou at not long ago, a herd of
..rs3e cattle which were being i'm
,,r-.l -ram the United States to an
n. -grr gcb became perfectly frantic
,,sr8 ase4 Of agony, broke from their
,,.tsppa. and dashed overheard into
ID. rrti Where every one became food
.-si1ga-ors OF was drowned.
7h4 long noSed, flat bottomed river
.r4nle.s 8gt all pretty much alike-the
engine aia cargo above water, on the
.rs deck. OH the second deck is the
aoog IS cabins on either side; and
aa a1o1e that story is the captains
8.n su.uoduted by steeple-like
ga.b5ase Directly in front of the
saloon ar. the tall, black chimneys,
a'e- ven than the watch tower: and
Ntnntot them is the flagstaff, from
winch uats the Colombian flag. All
aoqud t4e upper deck are rows of
,aghes. and here is the best place to
M what Jtgle air may be stirring.
r-rml hoard a Magdalena steamer is
wlOgedus exciting. Every morning
r. ,I-.ttN siA 0 clock the steward
a.4s-. under YOUR mosquito net tiny
us 5n 9.4et is cup of strong, black
to0mb.l coffee ana a small crusty
Loaf of a.eal. Uf course there is no
iHr H, Is you have previously feed
iaa srT tleTe may be sometimes
Got.u-. even a boiled egg. Better
q, ta- whether hungry or not, be-
cause ag, another mouthful will you
.a u- Werzo. breakfast which
mn 1tor-u twelve and two o'clock.
5aaa This locality is much like
3'" midday dinner barring an
a.-s. -r-aoe and garlic, served in
-S at j dozen courses, beginning
NJ" 0ar ll ending with "dulcies"
nauree Dinner comes at six p. m.
a@ t. eJunterpart of breakfast,
Ut 'le addition of vine and dessert.
20 matter how the days, may drag,
It 1aS-s "A mistake who does not
a'-7+a ,t ark and the gator, for
@lFle 4easantest time is the early
A.'AHe. when the mosquitoes almost
frs.5 rom troubling" 1t is beyond
@t"Ftrot pen or tongue to describe
'a' beauty Of sunrise and sunset in
yin 'lJUtai attitude. The skies are
IaFto0s N their Kaleidoscope tints
vi f''nsou and gold, orange, ose-pink,
!dir-a.le sea-green-bending on either
@e 'o snoW-tOpped mountains whose
N"'vi. opes are also clad to wonder
'- ll'S of rose, amethyst, purple and
s'' There are many small islands in
7h green as emeraldS, f1ecked
'"' 'AecEered with sunshine among
-' Tees On their shores, tall gray
'Du "9lJt Storks stand silent and mo-
'V'5>' ia the traditional one-leg atti-
-15 as If posing for their picture.
-4'le are big blue-gray herons, too, and
'"7'illes white ones; and clumsy pei.
'D' "d!lh. by the way, invariably fly
'''I south to north in the morning,
-''7I ny any chance or circumstance
,"HHg toward another point of the
%upaSs' And then about p. m. home
l'' 30 every mothers bird of them,
''ug III a straight line from north to
"9.a, one behind another.
OCCASIONALLY you pass a canoe, hol-
W.T. out OF fhp Trunk of q ciprlo troo