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CONTENTS.
WEST RIDGE—EXPLORATION BY THE CARRELS—MORE THAN 19,000 FEET HIGH BY MERCURIAL BAROMETER—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THIRD CAMP—THE OX- CHEEK OF CHICAGO—A LIBELLOUS STATEMENT—DESERTION OF THE INDIANS—ARRIVAL AND FLIGHT OF THE GUARD—“THE BONES OF SOME RUMINANT”—ASSAULT OF THE BREACH—DISCOMFITED—SECOND ATTACK—PASSAGE OF THE BREACH—ARRIVAL ON THE SUMMIT OF CHIMBORAZO—ITS HEIGHT—DISCORDANT OBSERVATIONS—SANGAI IN ERUPTION—THE SOUTHERN WALLS—AN ICE-AVALANCHE — THE RETREAT
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CHAPTER IV.
FROM CHUQUIPOQUIO TO AMBATO, LATACUNGA AND MACHACHI.
FROST-BITTEN—PERRING IS DESPATCHED TO AMBATO—AN ARISTOCRATIC INNKEEPER—DESCRIPTION OF THE TAMBO OF CHUQUIPOQUIO—OUR APPETITES PAIL—HEIGHT OF THE BAROMETER ON CHIMBORAZO—WEATHER ON CHIMBORAZO—THE BASIN OF RIOBAMBA—DIMENSIONS OF CHIMBORAZO—RETURN OF PERRING WITH THE LITTER—THE ROBBER OF CHUQUIPOQUIO—THE HIGHWAY TO QUITO—MEASUREMENT ON THE ROAD—DOCTORED AT AMBATO—VISITS AND VISITORS—THE DRY SHERRY OF AMBATO—WAGNER’S “ASCENT” OF CHIMBORAZO—MARKET-DAY—THE PUMICE OF AMBATO—WE CAPTURE A “BISHOP”—TUNGURAGUA—THE BASIN OF AMBATO—LATACUNGA—OCCUPATIONS OF THE LADIES—ARRIVAL AT MACHACHI—“IT IS ONLY THE GRINGOS”
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CHAPTER V.
ON AN ASCENT OF CORAZON, AND WALKS IN THE LANES OF MACHACHI.
A TRUTHFUL INNKEEPER—LIFE IN THE INTERIOR—MY YOUNG FRIENDS AT MACHACHI—GREAT BEDS OF VOLCANIC DUSTS—THE BASIN OF MACHACHI—WE SEE A DEAD DONKEY AND MEET A SCORPION—LA CONDAMINE’S ASCENT OF CORAZON—DESCRIPTION OF THE SUMMIT—ON “RANGE IN ALTITUDE”—ENTOMOLOGY AT GREAT HEIGHTS—HUMBOLDT’S YELLOW BUTTERFLY—A ZOOLOGIST’S PARADISE—WALKS IN THE LANES OF MACHACHI—ANTONIO RACINES INTRODUCES ME TO AN AMPHIPOD—THE DOGS OF MACHACHI
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CHAPTER VI.
ON COTOPAXI AND ILLINIZA.
THE PROJECT—LOUIS BECOMES CONVALESCENT—WE GO TO THE FARM OF ROSARIO—COTOPAXI—ANGLES OF ITS SLOPES—ITS POSITION AND ERUPTIONS—ERUPTIONS IN 1877—DARKNESS CAUSED BY CLOUDS OF EJECTED ASH—LAVA BOILS OVER THE RIM OF THE CRATER—THE FLOODS THAT ENSUE—FIRST ASCENT OF COTO-
