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[[2 photographs of 6 people in garden]] 
[[caption]] The group, again and again.[[caption]]
[[photograph of house]]
[[caption]] El Mirador [[caption]]

many of the soldiers died of cold; along the side walls of the room were the flags of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Perú and Panamá.  The bath was almost a swimming pool, an octagonal tank with bricked edge, entered only from Manuela's dressing room, itself a one room brick building. On the north side of the Quinta, near the boundary wall, stands the Mirador, from the second floor of which one gets a fine view. The wall beside the Mirador figures in a story about Manuela and a monkey, part of the ferocity between the followers of Bolívar and Santander.
Osorno had gone home and the Murillos took us to the Boquerón, a part of Bogotá's water supply to which admittance is had only with a pass. We passed over or around some water tanks and up a hill, through beds of foxglove (digital) and carnation (clavel). The side hill has been planted with eucalyptus, good rich green when old and tall, cloudy bluish green when young. I collected a bit here and there, some large otiorhynchid weevils, one large scarab, Ancognatha sp., and a few Epilachna sp.
Came out of the reservation and walked back along Calle 18 to Carrera 7[[underline and superscript]]a[[/underline and superscript]] where we said goodbye to the Murillos. Then to the Granada to say goodbye to the Goodspeeds, who are leaving for Perú via Cali Sunday. We waited in the lobby with the Carrolls who were also saying goodbye. The Carrolls invited us to dinner on Saturday and Mrs. Carroll asked Clara to tea on Wednesday. Finally the Goodspeeds arrived, the Carrolls