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^n the 1 5th of Augufl, and it was our good fortune by the 2 2d to have finifhed all our 

 neceflary operations. 



VIII. — Signal on the Defert Corazon. 



On the 1 2th of July, before we had finifhed our operations at the ftation of Puca- 

 ■guaico, we afcended to the defert Corazon, where we ftaid till the 9th of Auguft. This 

 mountain is nearly of the fame height with that of Pichincha ; and its loftiell fummit, 

 like that of the former, a rock of confiderable altitude. At the foot of this rock the 

 lignal was erefted ; and thus our ftation nearly refembled that of Pichincha. There was 

 indeed this confiderable difference, that our fufierings from the winds, froft, and fnows, 

 were confiderably lefs. 



IX. — Signal on Papa-urco. 



It had been determined that Papa-urco fhould be the place where the intermediate 

 fignal betwixt thofe of Pucaguaico and Vengotafni fhould be erefted. This mountain, 

 which is of a middling height, we afcended the nth of Auguft, and continued on it 

 till the 1 6th, when we returned to Pucaguaico ; fo that this eafy mountain was a kind 

 ijf rafting- place between the two painful ftations of Corazon and Pucaguaico. 



X. — Signal on the Mountain of Milin ; 



Whofe height is nearly the fame with that of the Papa-urco. We afcended it On 

 the 23d of Auguft, and by the 29th had finiftied the neceflary obfervations. 



XL — Signal on the Mountain Vengotafm. 



The mountain of Vengotafm is not remarkably high, but our ftay on it was longer 

 than we at firft imagined ; for, after finiftiing our obfervations on the 4th of September, 

 fome jdifficulties which arofe with regard to the pofition of the following fignal towards 

 the fouth detained us till the 1 8th. However, the town of Latacunga being contiguous 

 to the flcirts of this mountain, and having feveral farms in its neighbourhood, we 

 were at no lofs for many conveniencies of which we were deftitute in feveral other 

 idations. 



XII. — Signal on the Mountain of Chalapu. 



Our ftay on tliis mountain was ftiorter than on any other in the whole feries of tri- 

 angles ; for we continued only part of four days, going up the 20th and coming down 

 the 2 :d. It is none of the higheft mountains, and has in its neighbourhood the town 

 of Hambato, and its Ikirts diverfified with feats and farms j but the aclivity is fo fteep, 

 that the fafeft way is to afcend it on foot. 



Xni. — Signal of Chichichoco. 



the fignal of Chichichoco was erefted on the fide of the mountain of that name, 

 which is a branch of the famous fnowy mountain of Carguairafo. Here we ftayed 

 jonly from the 24th to the 29th of September. Though the fpot where we placed the 

 iignal was of a very in confiderable height when compared with that of the other moun- 

 tains, yet, from its proximity to Carguairafo, when the wind blew from that quarter, 

 it was confiderably cold, but not comparable to that we felt on the deferts, where every 



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