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as in the glory of his manhood his eye threw a penetrating- 

 glance over the magnificent valley of Chillo, where Nature 

 in her grandest forms lay before him a genius which no 

 doubt shone mightily through every feature of that expressive 

 countenance the painter has failed to give more than a very 

 inadequate rendering.' 



Humboldt left the province of Quito in July, 1802. 



