Show f out W t h Scenes on Magdalena Ri I per er of Ilia Young t Exploring Expedition in rn South cAme rica Lavo Colon by I fur V War Ho Ro minders En In Houto Mites Miles Up tho tIe River Sidon of 01 Book gook of at Mormon Divided t t tt tA aA A Hoodooed for tor Colonist n a E ERich Rich Inch and 1 Country c ci r i n 4 r U U had decided lt to take HT wo WI boat from Colon for tor the tho Journey were ivro easily made m u 0 Our mains sold Bold nt at t n good figure and n nd luckily 1 It tho the nance sailed Balled in m n tow fow days and would 1 M at furto ellB and Puerto Co omba the loiter latter III the thu place wo We Wee jit e to la Und on in tub i 3 I soot soon attar after 11 h h t 11 f o n good and In f mi main nv wo we 0 were on Out our way Ivey nfl nd n olon elan in idly faded from view law vIe tut ut the Ihl 1 of ot Colon wan not 1101 nottie tie hs entire in tiny M or of r the tho sight eight of ut land tar for forur ur ur mite mess Ii northeast and followed he Ht emm m as OH S fat far at lit leant as Oft asKin son Kin nn Ulas Islas All was Ins lost lOM front fronto leI o in N r when towards evening u tt lei ely etY am ram B w Hied down over over moun mountain tain aln am and B era told mId the till water came canna Gown down n Ir nii nIH The flip T r next neat morning at nt daybreak mat mall ov with tall awe re reel 3 uri Mini d to 10 our light right nod an au hour our aur latr la i Hii HI i mainland appeared We WeM Wed Ve M dad d o v d the null of oC Darien and bad ad lulled Lard wIth 11 h a sea Rea as 08 smooth as tit ashe tithe he waters of ft n boy bay for Cor thero there had not hn vrn n bran b n n a roller roll r to move the thu ship hit nas IS a n disappointment dl nl to some HOnne of or ur or Nil WOO rho n win were having their first nm rare on ship board for tor thoy they had hod heard earl eard ta 13 muth of or Urn rocking locking of ot the tho thom easel m and or of sea en sli kness As Ae ne we neared tits the main sham shoto eta na appeared n to our oar left looking like JUte f rily y built bullIon on the water waler so Ho low lost Is the theand theand theand and on rt it Ii stands Hut But to got get to tu hahe he harbor v we had to 0 enter a 11 narrow narrows ai 3 1110 o ell e s b r low the city through t narrow r c inci called Chico Chicon n both bolh o of whirl stand old 0 1 Kh sh h forts torts still Bill UIl somewhat In uso aeo Then hen sailing Balling for tor a II half halt hour own etIen low hills hula dotted here heie heieind ind nd ed there with little villages w WP WI I 1 Cached the v wharf harf It w was as a II quarter of ot I mile lathe from town but a little railroad the freight and passengers to nd nIl fro o R G n nr were re we securely along in in n three government soldiers took a u position at al the Ille entrance ot of the gang gany flank lank end order orders were Issued that no none nolie notie ne tie could go 80 ashore except those tho e Who ho hoeft I Here err eft to 10 dl On account of the evolution the tie city was WA under martial martiale in 1 e and th strictest leHI discipline In some slUM hinge woe was maintained Wo Yo contented s therefore nt at viewing the city Iron rem afar and also watching tho the many that came carne around the tho vessel ve e ea a ed with fruits fulls hells parrots and Witch which the natives sold sohl to the hassengers at nt remarkably low figures ne man had some nome peccaries caught MM Ild In the forest t oAt while young but now arned amed which he hR offered for tor a n few fow dot dol lars m are each etch Parrots nad nod macaws mono mon era J and beautiful bP shells were In That evening und and the next night we raveled but seventy miles over the l ame me calm SIn sat and by daylight were In the bay of Puerto Colom bia la Ii On the wharf hi Ill a n 1 very vory narrow which extends to n the Magdalena river a 1 distance of ot thirty miles The cais rare are like play MM au are they are ale so co small email but In Inn spite of ot heir sire and the fact tact too that for a quarter of a n tulle mile through some swamps the track was Inundated by the late lato bran r tame rains ln the 1110 engineer continued nt at 1 r rate rale te of speed peed that caused every ever pas siw to o tremble for his life lite Iho ho 10 part of the track had given way wa but to 0 tar ter w u We could see eel e the tho engineer had nothing hotting In mind but I 1112 At pt we were In 11 lad nd with the dud aid of tho the American con I Mr 0 MY W Colvig Calvi of oC Washington de e sire re fe through the custom house and ana all and had our passports u u u u ready t ody for tor the tho journey up the river bj b 4 In the tho afternoon WAIt SC hero moro more than ever v t lure tie the III r rb bel I 1 tried trIad their HUliN H on Ott us ue near Anton w WI i the th count country y won 0 In n a 1 state o 01 war tie the streets street woo ry both loth to ant oj or to the tho city and the tho rev or lying In the dock w were ere with Iron rails both tor for attack am an C In III tho evening a boat haul toad load 01 III with arms and stilled far fot till the neat lion I of or conflict Ulo Wo Ho Ira II cha anti and later bad ball news enter caused women who wet were up II p l awaiting news to huist buret in tears Is a town of or con consider L lile It 11 hoe han our in III It i habitants some lome beautiful parks and an driven and several houses houi hou i such ui h M n the th tl to u tit the tho a n Home private dwelling that would wool any ally city The streets treet are rough i but dry for tor the town site alto Ito Is U 01 on nit the tho side el elof a of a n hill hll thus making Rood good drainage plUmS or OP tho consul con ul Had and wife we wo m met nn an nl energetic Amerlean by lW the IIII name Mille o tit 01 who lit Is engaged ln In III the tile tor hide business s u and d hUH depots in III I all the thu principal al towns up the river for tor f OO 1 on tho tl to lenn In is I to la be the tha title of a n book hook In to Mil kh ho lie will give to the tho pub pu lie lic the th Interesting pasta of ot his 1118 expo exper eX Ir r lance once an Im an hunter hinter Among Amon other othet things will bo be the thA story of two t t Y lr young men who narrowly escape d with their lives from ruin a IL monster that at a them and with out ono bite of his h great gloat Jaws Ja 1 broke broko the nd of or their th lr canoe can 8 noe lute Into Another glory ston which 4 will be lie accompanied by uy affidavits will wl II be to the Iho effect that once a I huge hUKe all al gator swallowed a u l man whole hole with the th e exception of or f one 01 foot Coot The Th lh monster Mas w caught and the poor pour fellow tollow w Unit nett had ha l furnished Its meal taken trot tram Its stomach and glum a burin Minis Minister Minister Minister ter Hunter Humor at Guatemala U le authority Y for tor the following Once a n 1 river steam steamer m cr or ran on olin n a nand bar and Immediately thereafter r took tire ro The terrified pas passengers stingers were forced to choose choo between betwee death by the flames III 11 or death by b the lb sharp teeth of the huge auditors thin that In n tho rho water below b low Some Horn Bought Nought the wan and were w re Immediately torn to pieces while the rest seeing the tho th e fate tate of or their fellows chose choMo the flames flame and un pOlished perished In III the burning boat On Monday Monda Out Got 7 nil all was wa bustle busU C Cabout about the steamboat an and by eleven the tho goodbye salute e was whistled and nn we ive were velo gild d Ing lug down the narrow canal cane 1 or bronchi branch of ot the river towards toward the Magdalena In less IMS than an hour hoe hoewe r we reached the main stream tream which Is I s about COO yards wide and from ten to toto n to twenty feet teet deep a I beautiful u sheet of water moving towards toward A the ocean at the rate of five live miles mile e an nn hour lour Along the banks for or six nix hun bun dred miles or until the state of or 0 Is hi reached teach d la is principally the virgin fo foest for tor forest r est eat with occasionally small clearings gs of a I adew few rew acres whore where n a native line has built builta but buta It a n hut but and nod planted a corn com patch l The There re arc nrc several overal large huge towns town and eo some somo mo stock ranches put but ut not a n thousandth moh h part of the original forest has hns been bee n touched for tor centuries The great tre trees es look grand as they grow near the wa we waters weter terl ter edge while bile the tho branches branche hen hang hangover over the stream and almost touch the t he boat bont side as ns we hug the tha shore to ovoid avoid d tho swift current At places vines are at e I seen Keen Inning from the tall trees and an d forming a 11 veritable curtain of or flowers dowel s and green gre n leaves lOll VIS In the evening t the he sweet odor of a thousand flowers was w as wafted from the tho forest to the tho river rive r Birds of or various kinds delight tho the pee pas passengers stingers with their sweet song lIong whit la the parrot and macaw beautiful of or plumage screech out their hoarse cries crie c 4 T Not Infrequently a 11 family of at monkeys Is frightened by tho the noise of or the tho steam steamer er and go scampering from bough bought to tu bough bouch and tree to tree performing acrobatic I teats feats that no human humon bain being ever can cnn Imitate Once a n tiger came cameto to the i river her to drink and as 81 we ap al approached walked slowly away Iway stopping occasionally to look at It us UA The mon monster monter ster ter sunning himself on tho thu bank could be seen Been at almost nay any hour of ot the day As Aa we approached he 0 lub hub lubberly lubberlY berly waddled Into tho the water and sank I from tram view low Often Islands of ot I Isles sizes and Ind always beautiful beau divided d thu river In la two The banks for tor the first two days da as asfar a afar astar far tar as the eye I I could reach on eUhe elthe side were wore level Jove plains covered with for tor forests its ests and during high water hater Inundated to a n considerable extent On the third day cia hills and mountains appeared In ln Inthe inthe the distance both to the right and to the left and In the evening we passes passed TT T through n a low law range of at hills or high highbanks highbanks banks Tho rho level lovel plains appeared next morning but disappeared again In H a afew few Cow days dayn to glo give place to 10 a II more roll rollIng ing log and a 11 healthier country THE TIlE SIDON OF HOOK BOOK OP ot MORMON FAME The Tho river continued beautiful To us III It was os Intensely Interesting for tur the theMa Magdalona Ma Is supposed suppo to be the Sidon mentioned 1 In m the Book Hook of ot Mormon Who believing In the this Book of ot Mormon would not nol be Interested In the 1101 and In this land and this people thu the descendants of or Father lehl Dut the till beauty otUs ofUs scenery the tho grandeur of ot Its It mighty waters Craters Inspires not lIot alone the tho Saint every one who Is privileged to ride upon Ullon Its bosom goes Into raptures Even Kven ven an old I eon soa captain who had not reau reull poetry much loss less written It for tOI years yean could not restrain himself and ond andu u AA AA n r L V V fT V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V VV the tha results were the beautiful lines be below below low ID TUG TIlE In the tho wilds of or New Ne Granada Near the equinoctial line Where Whore the tho summer lasts Insl forever And the sultry sun doth dour shine Th Thera re Is n a charming valley alle Where the grass Is always green Through which rolls tolls the rapid waters Of the mighty Magdalene On your our banks stand ruined cities Where the Spaniard dwelt of ot old And lId reveled In the luxury Of Ot gold But his hip hl reign I is II p passed Hd former forever And Anti his form l tl Is no more wren ti Yet Yot et your still atilt arc are rolling roiling on Oh mighty might Magdalene Youve the tiger In your Jungle And the lice caiman fierce Had and tree free A AAA And the tl deadly serpent colleth coll lh Beneath the tho mango tree Tho The waving plantain And the pointed sugar cane carlO cane On your bunks grow myriad golden Oh mighty Magdalene i 1 Tho Tim snows on old Hy By the th mountain storm Is III riven And down In lo raging Through Tin ough the gorge IB lk driven Hushing madly to thy th IJU lri With Us Its wild willi tend and II To fa mingle with thy waters water dark d rk oh might mighty 1 After A tl t ten ton days on tho tide river V we where we found Art lt hard hal 1 at nork with VIOl hj Ills Ia pen and brush brash and w where hero we wo also nl u found Mr and Mr Mann both hoth from troll Sew New England and whoso whose hospi wo we me are now enjoying COMPANY AGAIN At ue on our way Ia up the river Magdolena we parted with Irm Ch Cues Chell a tei tor Von Can 01 Huron Juran and Ind Walter Waiter 8 S Fulton Tolton they to t J no go up the tho Cauca river in a 1 en ca hoc noe hunting nod birds and reptiles reptile along olon cite way we to up UI the Magdalena Our tickets pellets were w re for Puerto tu as w the had hud expected to find Artist there theo but on onni ni living we 10 found thou that hv he had gone MIH aun further up and suspecting that lint he h in would d stop atoll nt at I n aI Bua where 1 ta Wt e IsIle hll l ral lived we wit determined to rump to this Tho vessel stopped toPI d da n a day dllY und and a half halt however nt at fur for or the Iho loading ami and unloading or 1 freight Thero is III much muck shipped to le and front from this place for tor It U is tin tile outlet to o a largo large coffee Dud Cud cacao country count th Ih ton rivers and all freight for tor Mo I and country Is by I way of or tills his port nort Hero arc are shops In ht cars nr and even etten engines though poor pOOl ones Cues are an constructed A RAILWAY From hero here n a ay Fur un towards the large laige alg city elt of ot lI th though it has hasu hasan UD an u ft ot reached roach t only thirty in miles flues lisa us against a hundred It has blue to go Iro Tile The most notable thing about the tho railway no tic wr we f were WIH told by an all Amei III mi of or long 1011 lists h lt is the tho ae that occur many fishy of or are 10 fatal ta iii I Ill ll iiii f l y American come carne out to operate oi erat Moms Gome gold mines III In but l that he h needed iod hoal h r machin machinery ery Cry ho lie was returning to the tu to tomake make till thin necessary selection Ho lie der de declared shared that the tho In mines mites both bath tho the veins and the gf arc are rich mud and that day thero there will bo ho a n great mining mill InK boom In this tills country I It was sus when whon wo 0 reached Palagua but ut Mr Ir 1 Matin was as ut the landing and we soon SOOIl made our wants Known howl and received an act Invitation to como come up to tho the house If you can put putU U without W ow poor war and poor food HL Iii led the l WilY way and we ile followed that Ills I though a n plantation orchard than bv by a native hut but nod and Into Inlo n a forest of ot cacao WIll roes the end cad of ot which we thought we nover would reach but Jut In time tune the glimmer of ot a 11 distant light gave us assurance and in a II few tow mo me mer men i t afterwards we were wore Introduced to MIS Mann Elisha J Mann Mp ii Is train from the tho New Ne England I n I nd states and anil lies lIaR lived In this tills country for tor over ten tart t years 1118 He Il e served 11 to the our wai of the tho Rebellion and In roll Of ot a 0 wound the tha cold 1 r ur the JIlt not agree with him hint When Wh n therefore t hu ho received an anoff off Up Colombia j 19 teach ash the lie how hilI ui to make ml Kl who ubo shoes with II ma mar machinery chinery he accepted i Finding his 11 s health better In a warn warm climate oCt eft t I this his contract was as finished he ho purchased It d some same |