696 ULLOA's voyage to south. AMERICA. 



Quito. Thus, the whole French company feparated : and it muft be confidered as a 

 fingular happinefs that, after fuch a fcene of labours, hardftiips, and dangers, in fuch 

 a variety of climates, and amidft fuch inhofpitable defarts and precipices, our operations 

 were accurately performed : and we capable of entering on a new fcene of dangers 

 and difficulties, which it was our fortune to experience before we were in a condition 

 of prefenting this work to the public. 



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