CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER XIV.
ON THE PROVINCE OF IMBABURA, AND THE FIRST ASCENT OF COTOCACHI.
IN QUEST OF ANTIQUITIES—DISCOVERY OF AN OLD INDIAN KETTLE!—THE PROVINCE OF IMBABURA—GO TO COTOCACHI AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE PRIEST—THE LATEST THING IN QUEBRADAS—UPHEAVAL OR SUBSIDENCE?—THE ASCENT OF COTOCACHI—THE WHIRLING SNOW MOCKS OUR EFFORTS—ON THE SUMMIT OF COTOCACHI (16,301 FEET)—SUNDAY SPORTS—THE TUMULI OF HUTANTAQUI—DESTRUCTION OF IBARRA—GO TO CARUANQUI—EVIDENCES OF A “STONE AGE”—STARS IN STONE—ARE THEY WEAPONS OR SYMBOLS?—TYPICAL STONE IMPLEMENTS—HOUSEHOLD GODS—SCARCITY OF OBJECTS IN METAL—OLD INDIAN POTTERY—MUSICAL WHISTLES—“VASE-BUSTS”— THE CONTENTS OF A GRAVE—A SMASH ON MOJANDA—RETURN TO QUITO
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CHAPTER XV.
A VISIT TO THE PYRAMIDS OF QUITO.
JEAN-ANTOINE AND LOUIS ASCEND ILLINIZA—THE BASE-LINE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMICIANS—ERECTION OF THE PYRAMIDS OF QUITO—FUSS OVER THE INSCRIPTIONS—DESTRUCTION OF THE PYRAMIDS—DISCOVERY OF LA CONDAMINE’S INSCRIBED STONE—THE MODERN PYRAMIDS—SELLING OFF—“NO TRUST GIVEN”—POPULATION OF ECUADOR—ENGAGE FRANCISCO JAVIER CAMPAÑA—FINAL DEPARTURE FROM QUITO
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CHAPTER XVI.
UPON A WALK ON THE QUITO ROAD, AND A JOURNEY TO ALTAR.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON ILLINIZA—DAVID’S PET LLAMA—REPULSED—RATES ON ILLINIZA—A WALK ON THE QUITO ROAD—THE POLITICAL TAILOR—THE MASTER OF CANDELABLA—AT CAMP IN THE VALLEY OF COLLANES (12,540 FEET)—DESCRIPTION OF ALTAR—RETREAT—A NIGHT AT PENIPE—HABITS OF THE ECUADORIAN MULE
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CHAPTER XVII.
THE FIRST ASCENT OF CARIHUAIRAZO.
WE RETURN TO THE CHARGE—AN HONEST INDIAN—CAMP NEAR THE HIGH ROAD AND MEASUREMENT FOR “A SCALE”—HIGHWAY ROBBERS—A THREATENED ATTACK—QUICKSANDS—CAMP ON CARIHUAIRAZO (13,377 FEET)—PEDRO DE PENIPE—SARA-URCU TACTICS—ON THE SUMMIT OF CARIHUAIRAZO (16,515 FEET)—AN INSULAR FLORA—A CRATER WANTED—JOY TURNED INTO MOURNING— OUR DOG BECOMES SNOW-BLIND—CROSS ABRASPUNGO (14,480 FEET)—A GREAT LAVA-STREAM—FOURTH CAMP ON CHIMBORAZO (14,359 FEET)—MONSIEUR DECEIVES HIMSELF!
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