CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
ECUADORIAN POLITENESS—GUAYAQUIL—ENGAGE AN INTERPRETER—THE RAINY SEASON—SOME SNAKE STORIES—RIVER GUAYAS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES—ARRIVE AT BODEGAS DE BABAHOYO—INDECOROUS BEHAVIOUR OF OUR MULES—ALL ALIVE AT LA MONA—“THE ROYAL ROAD”—A TROPICAL JUNGLE—ASCENT OF THE OUTER ANDES—TAMBO LOMA (THE HOTEL ON THE HILL)—SUMMIT OF THE OUTER RANGE—THE PACIFIC RANGE OF ECUADOR—DESCENT INTO THE VALLEY OF THE RIVER CHIMBO—ARRIVAL AT GUARANDA—MAPS BY LA CONDAMINE AND DON PEDRO MALDONADO—ROUTE MAP AND MAP OF CHIMBORAZO
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CHAPTER II.
FROM GUARANDA TO THE FIRST CAMP ON CHIMBORAZO.
A CANDID MAN—INVISIBILITY OF CHIMBORAZO—THE GREAT ARENAL—VISIT TO TORTORILLAS—THE AUTHORITIES OF GUARINDA—TREASURES!—FIRST VIEW OF CHIMBORAZO—DISCOVERY OF ITS TWO SUMMITS—MAGNITUDE OF ITS GLACIERS—DISCUSSION OF ROUTE—THE SOUTH-WEST RIDGE—THE CARRELS START TO SELECT A CAMPING-PLACE—PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE JOURNEY—HUMBOLDT’S ATTEMPT TO ASCEND CHIMBORAZO IN 1802—BOUSSINGAULT’S ATTEMPTS IN 1831—DIVINE SPEED—DISILLUSIONIZED—COMPARISONS OF THE BAROMETERS—A HOPE DISSIPATED—EXECUTED INSTANTANEOUSLY—RETURN OF THE CARRELS—MORE THAN 19,000 FEET HIGH “BY ANEROID”—A PARTING BENEDICTION—ARRIVAL AT THE FIRST CAMP ON CHIMBORAZO
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CHAPTER III.
THE FIRST ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO.
INGRATITUDE—ROUTE UP THE VALLON DE CARREL—ON MOUNTAIN-SICKNESS— PLAN OF OPERATIONS—THE COMMISSARIAT—ARRIVAL AT THE SECOND CAMP—HORS DE COMBAT—CHLORATE OF POTASH—THE MERITS OF RED WINE—PERRING DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF—SYMPTOMS OF MOUNTAIN-SICKNESS—LIFE AT LOW PRESSURES—REASONS WHY MERCURIAL BAROMETERS ARE BROKEN—PRECAUTIONS—STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF THE ANEROIDS—DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTH-
