xviii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEK X. 



THE FIRST ASCENT OF ANTISANA. 



THE BASIN OF CHILLO — AGUIRRE's METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE COMPTES 

 EENDUS — A CHAMPION MUD-HOLE — THE HACIENDA OF PINANTURA — RENCONTRE 

 WITH SENOR REBOLLEDO — THE GREAT LAVA - STREAM OF ANTISANILLA — 

 ARRIVAL AT THE HACIENDA OF ANTISANA — THE CLOUDINESS OF ANTISANA — 

 BEATEN ON OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT AN ASCENT— ON SNOW-BLINDNESS — START 

 AGAIN, AND CAMP AT 15,984 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SEA — ENORMOUS 

 CREVASSES — "l FEAR AN AVALANCHE " — ARRIVAL ON THE SUMMIT — HIGH 

 TEMPERATURES — THE HEIGHT OF ANTISANA — CRATERS AND CREVASSES — THE 

 FLORA OF ANTISANA — ON CONDORS AND FLIGHTS OF THE IMAGINATION — THE 



RANGE IN ALTITUDE OF THE CONDOR — A GREAT, SOLEMN ASSEMBLY THE 



COTTON FACTORY AT CHILLO — RETURN TO QUITO . . PageS 184-206 



CHAPTER XI. 

 UPON AN ASCENT OF PICHINCHA. 



A CURE FOR SOUR BLOOD — REMINISCENCES OF CHICAGO — THE ROUTE TO PICHINCHA 

 — ITS TWO SUMMITS, RUCU- AND GUAGUA — ENSILLADAS — A TAME CRATER — 

 NATURE OF THE HIGHEST POINT — RECURRING SPECIES — HUMMING-BIRDS — 

 SALT FISH FOR DINNER ...... 207-216 



CHAPTER XII. 

 THE FIRST ASCENT OF CAYAMBE. 



THE ROAD TO THE NORTH CAYAMBE — CROSS THE GREAT QUEBRADA OF GUALLA- 



BAMBA — ECCENTRICITIES OF THE ANEROIDS — A FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP 

 — SPORT IN ECUADOR — A POTATO BED — START FOR THE ASCENT OF CAYAMBE 

 — MENACED BY A CONDOR — DISAPPEARANCE OF JEAN - ANTOINE AND ITS CON- 

 SEQUENCES — INDIAN HOSPITALITY — INGRATITUDE CAMP ON CAYAMBE AT 



14,762 FEET — THE POINTE JARRIN AND THE ESPINOSA GLACIER — ASCENT OF 

 CAYAMBE (19,186 feet) — OUR FASTEST ASCENDING RATE — SARA-URCU — COLD 

 QUARTERS ........ 217-237 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE FIRST ASCENT OF SARA-URCU. 



LIFE AT LA DORMIDA (11,805 FEET) — EXPERIENCES OF GONZALO PIZARRO — THE 

 TREASURES OF SARA-URCU — A CAMP IN A SWAMP — WATER-PARTING ON THE 

 EQUATOR — THE CHUSQUEA ABISTATA OF MUNRO — CORREDOR MACHAI (THE 

 hunter's refuge) — THE FATE OF THE BARK HUNTERS — TICKLED — INCESSANT 

 ^^l^^ — THE CHIEF OF THE STAFF IS ATTACKED IN THE REAR — A GLIMPSE OF 

 SARA-URCU — TURNING AN ENEMY TO ACCOUNT — ARRIVAL ON THE SUMMIT — 

 THE HEIGHT OF SARA-URCU — A SUPER-SATURATED PLACE — HUMBOLDT's FIRE- 

 PROOF FISH — WHO SHALL DECIDE WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE? . 238-255 



