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CHAPTER IV
THE VALLEY OF THE MAGDALENA
Topography and climate - Relics of a past civilization
Gorgeous tropical scenery - Traditions and peculiarities
of the river - Condition and character of the inhabitants
- Exuberance of vegetable and animal life, etc..
CHAPTER V
A MULE RIDE IN THE ANDES
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Some odd experiences — Sudden changes of temperature -
Grandeur of the mountain scenery Mt. Tolima - The
snow limit-Extinct volcanoes An ancient highway
Some curious local customs, etc.
CHAPTER VI
THE COLOMBIAN CAPITAL
First impressions - Why strangers usually like it — Its geo-
graphical position - Traditions - Historic landmarks -
Humboldt's house Bolívar's suburban residence
Public buildings, etc..
CHAPTER VII
THE ALTA-PLAIN OF BOGOTÁ.
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Topographical conformation Climate and soil- Charac-
ter of its inhabitants — Agricultural products — Tradi-
tions and antiquities - Religion and government of the
aboriginal tribes Their superstitions, etc.
CHAPTER VIII
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
How the Anglo and Latin Americans misunderstand each
other Military and literary titles - Odd forms of speech
Curiosities of dress-Social life — The priest a social
favorite Religious forms - Sundry laws and customs,
etc..
CHAPTER IX
THE RACE PROBLEM IN AMERICA
Slavery in the Spanish-American Colonies
importation Race mixtures Effects on social and
Probable race of the future in tropical
political life
America, etc.
DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AMERICA
Conditions which made the successful revolt of 1810 possible
Twelve years of armed conflict - Federal Union of
1819-30 - Why it failed - Bolívar as a statesman, etc. . 123
CHAPTER XI
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
Jeffersonism in practice - Experimenting with universal suf-
frage-The result - The re-action, etc.
CHAPTER XII
SPANISH-AMERICAN
Their nature Their cause How conducted Colom-
bian Revolution of 1861 — The re-action of 1884 — Ven-
ezuelan Revolution of 1870, etc.
CHAPTER XIII
RIGHTS OF FOREIGNERS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Their treatment in South America - Abuses of United States
citizenship
needed
Who are American citizens? — Legislation
Status of American women married to for-
eigners The passport system, etc.
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Topographical
Climate, soil, and products
- Primitive
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pecularities
modes of transportation, etc.
Willemstad
CHAPTER XV
THE ISLAND OF CURAÇÃO
Peculiarities of the city Climate and pro-
ducts of the island - Leprosy and its causes Character
and condition of the people, etc.
Some interesting localities
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Mythical story of Sir Francis Drake — Trinidad and the
Gulf of Sighs - The asphalt lakes, etc.
CHAPTER XVII
CARACAS AND ENVIRONMENTS
The Chação Valley Its climate - Plan of the city — Pub-
lic buildings - Traditions
Historical reminiscences,
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etc.
CHAPTER XVIII
'WHERE IS VENEZUELA?
Some strange inquiries — General aspect of the country-
Favorable geographical position - Topography and cli-
mate, etc.
CHAPTER XIX
STAPLE PRODUCTS OF VENEZUELA
Tobacco culture - Sugar plantations—
The coffee and chocolate industries — Indigenous fruits,
CHAPTER XX
MINERAL RESOURCES OF VENEZUELA
Ancient gold mines - Copper and iron ores Coal and
asphaltum - Thermal waters, etc.
CHAPTER XXI
A WORD ABOUT THE MONROE DOCTRINE
What it is, and how it originated
Scope of its meaning
and application - Its attempted violations - The diplo-
matic blunder of 1850 - Precedents and principles,
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CHAPTER XXII
THE MONROE DOCTRINE AND THE MOSQUITO COAST
CONTROVERSY
How that controversy originated Principles involved
The treaty of 1786, whereby England renounced all claim
there - How England's claim was subsequently revived;
and how it was finally abandoned, etc. .
CHAPTER XXIII
THE DISPUTED EL DORADO
Origin of the fable of El Dorado Its supposed locality –
Origin of the boundary dispute in Guayana — The con-
troversy inherited by Venezuela and England
tion of the territories in dispute, etc.
CHAPTER XXIV
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THE ANGLO-VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE
The principles involved - How and under what circum-
stances the United States interposed in 1895 The
boundary commission of 1896- The protocol and treaty
of arbitration of 1897-A new principle incorporated
into the law of the nations, etc.
CHAPTER XXV
THE AWARD BY THE ARBITRATION TRÌBUNAL OF 1899
Nature and character of the tribunal · Constituted a tri-
bunal of jurists, not a commission of plenipotentiaries
The question as submitted to its decision-The con-
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The
ventional "Rules" by which it was to be governed — A
new departure in the doctrine of prescription
facts in the case as proven Principles of public law
applicable there to The final award a compromise; an
expedient rather than a judicial decision — Description
of the new divisional line, etc.
CHAPTER XXVI
THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Arbitration as applied to individual disputes, as old as civili-
zation itself— How it became a part of the English juris-
prudence - How incorporated into the laws of the United
States - How and when it was first applied in settlement
of international disputes - The proposition to establish a
permanent court of international arbitration, etc.
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