-46 A VOYAGE TO Book V. 



XX. Signal on the desert of Chusay. 



From Senegualap they proceeded to the desert of 

 Chusay, a station which gave these geniiemen no less 

 trouble than it had done u<:. Our company had no 

 concern with the Suition on this desert; for according 

 to the alternative established between the two compa- 

 nies, that of Senegualap was the place to which we 

 v/ere to repair. But after finishing the observadons at 

 Lalanguso, being uneasy at the long sray cf M. Go- 

 din and Don George Juan at Quito, to divert our 

 thoughts by some laborious employment, we divided 

 our comipany into two, in order to prosecute the men- 

 suration, till those gentlemen returned. Accordingly, 

 M. Bouguer, at the head of one detatchm.ent, went to 

 the signal of Senegualap, and M. de la Condamine 

 and myself repaired to that of Chusay. But M. Godin 

 and Don George Juanjoiningus there, we returned to 

 our proper company, and the operations were cohti- 

 nued in the order agreed on. 



XXI. Signal on the desert ofSinasaguan. 



This desert was one of those common to both com- 

 panies ; and that of Don George Juan remained on it 

 till the 29th of May, when the observations of both- 

 were finished. Thus every member of the two com- 

 panies equally shared in the fatigues of the operations, 

 and in the hardships unavoidable in such dreary regions. 



XXII. Signal on the desert cf Quinoaloma. 



The desert of Quinoaloma, like the former, may be 

 classed among the most disagreeable stations in the 

 •whole series ; for though they repaired hither from Si, 

 nasaguan,it wasthejistofthesamemcnth before they 

 could finish the observations relating to this iignal. 



In their road from Quinoaloma they passed through 

 the town of Azogues i where leaving their insiruments 



and 



