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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
Mangroves Growing at the Edge of the Cienaga Grande
dive from a height of thirty feet or forty feet into the water, swim underneath the surface to the opposite bank, crawl out and hide. We shot one iguana that measured 4 feet 914 inches in length.
Swamps
Many of the plants which are raised in hothouses or summer gardens in the United States are common weeds in Colombia. In the forest calladiums and cannas grown everywhere; umbrella plants line the shores of all the streams; in the swamps cannas and umbrella plants
The Ford at Minca, at an Altitude of about 2,000 Feet.
