CONTENTS. xix 



CHAPTER XIV. 



ON THE PROVINCE OF IMBABURA, AND THE FIRST ASCENT 

 OF COTOCACHI. 



IN QUEST OF ANTIQUITIES — DISCOVERY OF AN OLD INDIAN KETTLE ! — THE PRO- 

 VINCE OF IMBABURA — GO TO COTOCACHI AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE PRIEST 

 — THE LATEST THING IN QUEBRADAS — UPHEAVAL OR SUBSIDENCE ? — THE ASCENT 

 OF COTOCACHI — THE WHIRLING SNOW MOCKS OUR EFFORTS — ON THE SUMMIT 

 OF COTOCACHI (16,301 FEET) — SUNDAY SPORTS — THE TUMULI OF HUTANTAQUI — 

 DESTRUCTION OF IBARRA — GO TO CARRANQUI — EVIDENCES OF A " STONE AGE " 

 — STARS IN STONE — ARE THEY WEAPONS OR SYMBOLS? — TYPICAL STONE IM- 

 PLEMENTS — HOUSEHOLD GODS — SCARCITY OF OBJECTS IN METAL — OLD INDIAN 

 POTTERY — MUSICAL WHISTLES — " VASE-BUSTS " — THE CONTENTS OF A GRAVE — 

 A SMASH ON MOJANDA — RETURN TO QUITO . . . PageS 256-286 



CHAPTER XV. 

 A VISIT TO THE PYRAMIDS OF QUITO. 



JEAN-ANTOINE AND LOUIS ASCEND ILLINIZA — THE BASE-LINE OF THE FRENCH 

 ACADEMICIANS — ERECTION OF THE PYRAMIDS OF QUITO — FUSS OVER THE 

 INSCRIPTIONS — DESTRUCTION OF THE PYRAMIDS — DISCOVERY OF LA CONDAMINE's 

 INSCRIBED STONE — THE MODERN PYRAMIDS — SELLING OFF — " NO TRUST GIVEN " 

 — POPULATION OF ECUADOR — ENGAGE FRANCISCO JAVIER CAMPANA — FINAL 

 DEPARTURE FROM QUITO ...... 287-295 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 UPON A WALK ON THE QUITO ROAD, AND A JOURNEY TO ALTAR. 



ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON ILLINIZA — DAVID's PET LLAMA — REPULSED — RATES ON 

 ILLINIZA — A WALK ON THE QUITO ROAD — THE POLITICAL TAILOR — THE MASTER 

 OF CANDELARIA — AT CAMP IN THE VALLEY OF COLLANES (12,540 FEET) — 

 DESCRIPTION OF ALTAR — RETREAT — A NIGHT AT PENIPE — HABITS OF THE 

 ECUADORIAN MULE . . . . . . . 296-309 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE FIRST ASCENT OF CARIHUAIRAZO. 



WE RETURN TO THE CHARGE AN HONEST INDIAN — CAMP NEAR THE HIGH ROAD 



AND MEASUREMENT FOR "A SCALE " — HIGHWAY ROBBERS — A THREATENED 

 ATTACK — QUICKSANDS — CAMP ON CARIHUAIRAZO (13,377 FEET) — PEDRO DE 

 PENIPE — SARA-URCU TACTICS — ON THE SUMMIT OF CARIHUAIRAZO (16,515 

 feet) — AN INSULAR FLORA — A CRATER WANTED — JOY TURNED INTO MOURNING 

 — OUR DOG BECOMES SNOW-BLIND — CROSS ABRASPUNGO (14,480 FEET) — A GREAT 

 LAVA -STREAM — FOURTH CAMP ON CHIMBORAZO (14,359 FEET) — MONSIEUR 

 DECEIVES HIMSELF !....... 310-319 



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