aoo A VOYAGE TO Book. V. 



cold climate, like that of the mountains, the other to 

 a hot, like that of Guayaquil, must, at coming into 

 an intermediate temperature, as at Tarigngua, feel an 

 ec|u;il difierence ; one with regard to heat, aild the 

 other with regard to cold ; which demónstrales that 

 famoLic opinion — that the senses are subject to as many 

 apparent alterations, as the sensations ate variou*^ in 

 those who fee] thctn. For the impre^^sions of objects 

 are different, according to the ditferent disposition of 

 the senses; and the organs of two persons difFerently 

 disposed are differently affected. At a quarter past 

 nine in the morning we began to ascend the moun- 

 tain of San Antonia, the foot of which is at Tariga* 

 gua ; and, at one, caire to a place called b)? the In- 

 dians Guamac, or Cross of Canes. Here is a small 

 but inclining plain ; and being told that it was half 

 way up tlie acclivity, and our beasts requiring rest, 

 "ive halted here. 



The rugged ness of the road from Tarigagua lead- 

 ing up this mountain is not easilv described. It gave 

 us more trouble and fatigue, besides the dangers wc 

 were every moment exposed to, than all we had expe- 

 rienced in our former journeys. In some parts the 

 declivity is so great that the mules can scarce keep 

 their footing, and in others the acclivity is equally 

 diiHcult. In many places the road is so narrow that 

 the mules have scarce room to set their feet ; and 

 in others a continued series of precipices. Besides, 

 these roads, or rather paths, are full of holes, or cg- 

 melones, near three quarters of a yard deep, in which 

 the mules put their fore and hind feet; so that some- 

 times they draw their bellies and riders' legs along 

 the ground. Indeed these holes serve as steps, with- 

 out which the j)recipices would be in a great measure 

 impracticable. But should the creature happen to 

 put his foot between two of these hales, or not place 

 it right, the rider falls, and, if on the side of the 

 precipice., inevitably perishes, it may perhaps be. 



said, 



