Colonnade

[It. colon nat a, from colonna, a column.] ( Arch.) A row of columns which are generally placed in front of a large building, and support a roof projecting from the building itself; thus forming a portico. SS.E. of Des Moines. IMG:content-0263.png:[blocks in formation] and the largest portion of the large intestine. The C. commences at the cæcum , and, ascending up the right side of the abdomen, cro es in front of the stomach, and then descending on the left side, after a zigzag curve terminates in the rectum. See INTESTINES. Coloma, in Wisconsin , a post-township of Waushara Co. Corom'bia, Republic of, (formerly NEW GRANADA,) a nation of South America, forming the N. W.corner of that continent, and lying between the River Orinoco and the Pacific Ocean, having N. the Caribbean Sea, with the gulfs of Santa Marta and Darian, and on the W. the Pacific, with the bays of Panama and Choco; on the N.W. it touches the confines of Costa Rica; Venezuela and Brazil form its E. and S.E. boundaries, and Ecuador its S. boundary. It extends, by the latest official statement, from 5° 8' S. to 12° 25′ N. Lat., and from 70° 40' to 82° 41' W. Lon., having an area of 513,938 sq. m., exclusive of hundreds of islands and keys. Gen. Desc . This country is cut through by the Andes chain of mountains, which trifurcate into 3 minor ranges, the E. central, and W. Andes, forming in their interstices beautiful and highly fertile valleys. This mountainous character applies mainly to the W. and Central portions of the country; those in the N. and E. consisting of llanos. or gra y plains. The highest mountain summit is the Peak of Tolima, rising to an altitude of 18,200 feet above sea-level. C. is watered principally by the Magdalen a and Cauca rivers, which take a N. course, and find their outlet in the Caribbean Sea; those watering the E and S. parts are all affluents of the Amazons and Orinoco. -Soil . Fertile, but without proper cultivation; grain may be sown at any time of the year, and the chief productions may be summed up as coffee, sugar, tobacco, rice, cotton, wheat, and maize. Tropical fruits flourish in this, their native zone, in great variety and unqualified richne . Peruvian bark, many kinds of dye-woods, and drugs are produced in plenty, and, with hides, form considerable items of export. The climate of C. is variable; on the higher plateaux, it is that of perennial spring, while on the coast, and in the low river-bottoms, it is exce ively hot, rife with malaria, and at certain seasons of the year, very unhealthy, -as in the summer when yellow fever makes its regular ravages. The fauns of this country is similar to that of most inter-tropical regions; bears lurk in the mountains and ravines, deer browse on the plains and tablelands, and vast herds of wild cattle have their habitat on the llanos. The streams are generally infested with alligators, while the entomological nuisances peculiar to hot climates, as mosquitoes, centipedes, sand-flies, gallinippers, ., swarm in anything but agreeable profusion. C. pro se es few good roads. Its railroads comprise the Panama line and several short lines from cities to navigable streams. In the mountainous defiles, Indians are used for the purpose of carrying travellers over the rough and dangerous localities. C. po e es considerable mineral wealth, as gold, silver, copper, ., but all this is as yet unproductive, enterprise being in a (Gram.) A point or character formed thus (:), and is used to mark a pause le than that of a period, and greater than that of a semicolon; or rather it may be said to be used where the sense of a pa age is complete, but the sentence is not concluded. It distinguishes a member of a sentence which would make a complete sentence of itself, but is followed by an additional part, making it more full and complete. It is also used before pa ages, etc., to which direct mention has been made. In practice, even among the best writers of the present day, the colon and semicolon are frequently confounded; and, indeed, the former is now going very much out of use. Colon', in Central America. See ASP IN WALL. Colon, in Michigan , a post-village and township of St. Joseph co., about 32 m. S.W. of Marshall, and 11⁄2 m. S. W. of St. Joseph River. Colo'na, or COLONA STATION, in Illinois , a township of Henry co., about 12 m. E. of Rock Island. Colonel, ( kur'nel ,) n. [Fr. colonel , from colonne-Lat. column a , a column. Literally, the commander of a column of troops.] ( Mil . ) The chief commander of a regiment of troops next in rank below a brigadier-general, and above a lieutenant-colonel. "Captain, or colonel , or knight in arms." - Milton . Colonelcy, Colonelship, (kér'ncl-se, kér'nel-ship,) n. ( Mil .) The office, rank, or commi ion of a colonel; as, colonel by brevet. Colonel's Creek, in S. Carolina, enters the Wateree from Rich land district. Colonel's Fork, in S. Carolina, a post-village of Pickens' district.