advocates
for its dissemination throughout the Republic, where a Bible Society
soon after that period was established and flourished.

The doctor, who had been adding greatly to his knowledge of the natural
history of the country, returned home with us; and, to his infinite
satisfaction, found his boxes uninjured. At length he departed, with
the fruits of his labours, to his beloved fatherland. He wrote me word
of his safe arrival, and promised some day or other to pay us another
visit.

The independence of Columbia being at length acknowledged by Spain,
peace was established; and those who keep free of the political disputes
which have so frequently broken out, impeding the moral and material
progress of the country, have enjoyed, as we and our friends have done,
as much happiness as frail mortals can expect to find here below.

On the cessation of hostilities I sheathed my sword, which I have never
since drawn; and though I have given some brief descriptions of the
battles and skirmishes in which I was engaged during the most eventful
period of the history of Venezuela, I wish to impress on the minds of
all the readers of my narrative that War is a terrible thing,--which
Satan for his own ends encourages, but which wise men, and Christians
especially, should endeavour by every means in their power to avoid.

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