528 ULLOA*S VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA. 



paflage through feveral other parts on the fides of the mountain ; fo that in clear nights, 

 the flames being refledled by the tranfparent ice, formed a very grand and beautiful 

 illumination. November the 30th, it ejected fuch prodigious quantities of fire and 

 ignited fubflances, that an inundation equal to the former foon enfued ; fo that the 

 inhabitants of Latacunga gave themfelves over for loft. And we ought to acknowledge 

 the Divine protedion, that it did not rage when we vifited it, having occafion twice 

 to continue fome time on its declivity, as we have already fhewn in the third chapter of 

 the fifth book. 



Five leagues to the weft of this mountain ftands that of Illinifa, whofe fummit is alfo 

 bifid, and conftantly covered with fnow. From it feveral rivulets derive their fource ; 

 of which thofe flowing from the northern declivity continue that diredion : as thofe 

 from the fouthern fide alfo run foutjiward. The latter pay their tribute to the northern 

 ocean, through the large river of the Amazons ; while the former difcharge themfelves 

 into the South Sea, by the river of Emeralds. 



North of Cotopaxi is another fnowy mountain called Chinculagua, fomething lefs 

 than the former, though even that is not to be compared to the others. 



The mountain of Cayamburo, which is one of the firft magnitude, lies north, fome 

 degrees eafterly, from Quito, at the diftance of about eleven leagues from that city. 

 There is neither appearance nor tradition of its having ever been a volcano. Several 

 rivers iflue from it, of which thofe from the weft and north run either into the river of 

 Emeralds or that of Mira, but all fall into the South Sea ; while thefe from the eaft dif- 

 charge themfelves into the river of the Amazons. 



Befides the torrents which precipitate themfelves from the fnowy mountains, others 

 have their fource in the lower parts of the Cordilleras, and at their conflux form very 

 large and noble rivers, which either pay the tribute to the north or fouth feas, as we 

 fhall hereafter obferve. 



All the fprings ifluing from the mountains in the neighbourhood of Cuenca, on the 

 weft and fouth fide as far as Talqui, with thofe of the eaftern Cordillera, and north- 

 ward as far as the Parama de Burgay, unite at about half a league eaft ward of a chapel 

 called Jadan, under the care of the curate of Paute, where forming a river, and paflTmg 

 near the village from which it has its name, difcharges itfelf into the river of the 

 Amazons. It is fo deep at Paute as not to be fordable, though very wide there. 



From the mountains of Afuay, Bueran, and the adjacent hills on the fouth, is 

 formed a very confiderable river, over which are feveral bridges. It is called Cannar, 

 from that town being the only one in its courfe ; which it continues by Yocon to the 

 bay of Guayaquil. 



The north parts of the Paramo of Afuay alfo gave rife to many ftreams, which, 

 uniting with others coming from Mount Senegaulap, and the weftern fide of the 

 eaftern Cordillera, form the river Alaufi, which difcharges itfelf into the fame bay. 



On the higheft part of the Paramo de Tioloma, and near the fignal one ereded on 

 this mountain for forming our feries of triangles, are four lakes, the three neareft it 

 being lefs than the other, which is about half a league in length, and called Coley ; 

 and the others, which are not greatly inferior, Pichabinnac, Pubillu, and Madlallan. 

 From thefe is formed the river Cebadas, which runs near the village of that name, 

 and is joined by another arifing from the fprings on the Paramo of Lalangufo, and 

 the ftreams from the Colta lake, after which, inclining a little from the north towards 

 the eaft, pafles by Pungala ; and about a league from the 'village of Puni, is joined 

 by the river Bamba, which has its fource in the Parambo of Sifapongo. Near the 

 town of Cobigies is another, which flows from the mountain of Chimborazo, and 



which 



