248 A VOYAGE TO Book T. 



XXVIIÍ. XXIX., XXX. XXXI. XXXII. Signals 



on the mountains of Guapiilo, Pambamarca, Cam- 

 panario, Cuicocha, and Mira. 



In the year 1744, v/hen we rei:nrned to tliC province 

 of Quito, in order to conclude the whole work, Slaving 

 conquered the diificulries which cbiiged us to intermit 

 the as':ronon:!Ícal observations, as we have already ob- 

 servedj Don George Jpau added six stacions to the 

 Feries oftiiangles, there being ane.:cssi'ty fjr repeating 

 the observations of Guapuio and Pambamarcaj in or- 

 der to extend the series of triai);;des farther to tiie 

 riorthward, and of his repairing again to the moun- 

 tains or Campanario and Cuicocha. Here, and at 

 Pambamarca, he was obliged to remain amidst all the 

 inconveniencies and hardships of those dreadful re- 

 gions, tiil he had completed the necessary observa- 

 tions; all which he bore with great magnanimity ; 

 but at those of Guapuio and Mira, which served to 

 connect the observatory, those inconveniencies were 

 ^voided ; but as the observations at the last station 

 were jointly performed by both companies, the par- 

 ticulars of them have been already menüioned. 



CHAP. IV, 



, Desaiption cfthe City of f^dto. 



AS in the preceding descriptionsof the several cities 

 and towns, I h4V'e not swellci the accounts with 

 chronological and historical remarks, I shall observe 

 the same method with regard to Quito, and only give 

 an accurate account of the present state of this coun- 

 try, the manners and custom.s of the inhabitants, and 

 th^ situation of the several places ; thai such as know 

 them only by name, may avoid those dangerous errors 

 which too often result tl-om forming a judgment of 

 things without a xhorou^i^h knowledge of them. It 



may 



