XX CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE XVIII. 



ON THE SECOND ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO. 



CHIMBORAZO FROM THE NORTH-NORTH-WEST THE FIFTH CAMP (15,811 FEET) 



PEDRO DECLINES AN ASCENT AN ERUPTION OF COTOPAXI — CROSS THE GLACIER 



DE STiJBEL AND SEE THE PACIFIC — A GREEN SUN — DIRECTION OF THE WIND 



REGISTERED A FALL OF VOLCANIC DUST ON THE TOP OF CHIMBORAZO 



REGISTERS THE HEIGHT OF THE BAROMETER THE GREATEST HEIGHT AT 



WHICH PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN PRACTISED — A CALCULATION — TWENTY-FIVE 

 THOUSAND PARTICLES TO A GRAIN ! — CAUSE OF THIS ERUPTION — REDUCTION IN 

 THE HEIGHT OF CHIMBORAZO — THE RATE OF THE SECOND ASCENT — ON A 

 BAROMETRIC LEVEL — GREAT ARENALS — THE FLORA OF CHIMBORAZO — COMPLETE 

 THE MEASUREMENT FOR "A SCALE" .... PageS 320-334 



CHAPTER XIX. 



UPON SOME RESULTS OF THE JOURNEY. 



CONFIGURATION OF THE ANDES OF ECUADOR — PARALLEL CORDILLERAS — THE 

 WALLS OF CHIMBORAZO — HUMBOLDT's TRIANGLE — ALTITUDES OF THE GREAT 

 ANDES OF THE EQUATOR — TEMPERATURES ON SUMMITS — ON THE SNOW -LINE 

 AND GLACIERS — BOTANICAL RESULTS — ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS — UPON OUR EXPERI- 

 ENCES AT LOW PRESSURES ...... 335-384 



CHAPTER XX. 



RETURN TO GUAYAQUIL— CONCLUSION. 



A PUBLIC DUTY — DEATH IN THE NIGHT — REMAINS OF A COMBAT — DESCENT 

 THROUGH THE FOREST — THE LAST CAMP — THE BRIDGE OF CHIMBO AND THE 

 ECUADORIAN RAILWAY — YOUR EXCELLENCY HAS FORGOTTEN TO PAY FOR THE 

 PINE-APPLES ! — DEPARTURE FROM GUAYAQUIL .... 385-392 



APPENDIX. 



A. ALTITUDES DETERMINED IN ECUADOR .... 



B. THE RANGE OF THE BAROMETER IN ECUADOR . 



C. COMPARISONS OF THE ANEROID AGAINST THE MERCURIAL BAROMETER 405 



D. UPON BOILING-POINT OBSERVATIONS 



E. TEMPERATURES IN ECUADOR 



F. UPON BODY TEMPERATURE 



G. HUMBOLDT's ATTEMPT TO ASCEND CHIMBORAZO 



H. BOUSSINGAULT's ATTEMPTS TO ASCEND CHIMBORAZO 



I. DECLARATION OF FRANCISCO J. CAMPANA 



J. EXPERIMENTS BY M. PAUL BERT 



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