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fore-hcitch. We were too tired to dream of eating anything", and, 

 in spite of our close quarters and the cold, we did not wake till 



niornmg. 



" The 23rd dawned calm and fine, and the llrst view of the spot 



WlIl.Ul- 1111. M)L'Al.I..i CAMl- 1 IM.M 



in which we were anchored made me think that somethinLT more 

 than mere luck had been with us during our entry upon the previous 

 night. The mouth of the bay was dotted with an outcrop of tooth- 

 like rocks. 



" The dawn developed into a morning with strong sun, and we 

 were off earlv. For two hours all went well. Then came a shi\-cr 

 creeping across the glassy surface of the lake, alter that a swell, and 

 in a matter of twenty minutes the quiet lake had become as nasty 

 and as angry a piece of water as can be imagined. This change is 

 eminently typical of the temper of the Andean lakes ; they cannot 

 be depended upon from hour to hour. In the present instance at 

 7.45 .\.M. we were steaming, as I ha\e said, through calm water, 

 yet at 8.15 one sea of every four was dashing in a cloutl ot spra\ 



