UP THE ORINOCO AND
DOWN THE MAGDALENA
A Cavalcade in theAndes.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1910
Copyright, 1910,by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Published May, 1910
TO
MY GENIAL
COMPAGNON DE VOYAGE
BRAVE LOYAL
C.
Res ardua vetustis novitatem dare; novisauctoritatem; absoletis, nitorem; obscuris, lucem; fastiditis, gratiam;dubiis, fidem; omnibus vero naturam, et naturae sua omnia. Itaque etiamnon assecutis, voluisse abunde pulchrum atque magnificum est. Thatis to say: It is a dyfficulte thynge to gyue newenes to owlde thynges,autoritie to newe thynges, bewtie to thynges owt of vse, fame to theobscure, fauoure to the hatefull, credite to the doubtefull, nature toall and all to nature. To such neuerthelesse as can not atayne to allthese, it is greately commendable and magnificall to haue attempted thefame.
From the preface, addressed to the Emperor Vespasian, ofPliny’s Natural History. [ix]
FOREWORD
The following pages contain the record of a journeymade to islands and lands that border the Caribbean and to the lessfrequented parts of Venezuela and Colombia. Thanks to our traderelations with the Antilles, and the number of meritorious books thathave been written about them during the last few decades, our knowledgeof the West Indies is fa