xvi CONTENTS. 



WEST RIDGE — EXPLORATION BY THE CARRELS — MORE THAN 19,000 FEET HIGH 

 BY MERCURIAL BAROMETER — ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THIRD CAMP — THE OX- 

 CHEEK OF CHICAGO — A LIBELLOUS STATEMENT — DESERTION OF THE INDIANS 

 — ARRIVAL AND FLIGHT OF THE GUARD — " THE BONES OF SOME RUMINANT " 

 — ASSAULT OF THE BREACH — DISCOMFITED — SECOND ATTACK — PASSAGE OF THE 

 BREACH — ARRIVAL ON THE SUMMIT OF CHIMBORAZO — ITS HEIGHT — DISCORDANT 

 OBSERVATIONS — SANGAI IN ERUPTION — THE SOUTHERN WALLS — AN ICE- 

 AVALANCHE — THE RETREAT ..... PageS 41-80 



CHAPTER IV. 

 FROM CHUQUIPOQUIO TO AMBATO, LATACUNGA AND MACHACHI. 



FROST-BITTEN — PERRING IS DESPATCHED TO AMBATO — AN ARISTOCRATIC INN- 

 KEEPER — DESCRIPTION OF THE TAMBO OF CHUQUIPOQUIO — OUR APPETITES FAIL 

 — HEIGHT OF THE BAROMETER ON CHIMBORAZO — WEATHER ON CHIMBORAZO — 

 THE BASIN OF RIOBAMBA — DIMENSIONS OF CHIMBORAZO — RETURN OF PERRING 

 WITH THE LITTER — THE ROBBER OF CHUQUIPOQUIO — THE HIGHWAY TO QUITO 

 — MEASUREMENT ON THE ROAD — DOCTORED AT AMBATO — VISITS AND VISITORS — 

 THE DRY SHERRY OF AMBATO — WAGNER's '* ASCENT" OF CHIMBORAZO — MARKET- 

 DAY — THE PUMICE OF AMBATO — WE CAPTURE A *' BISHOP " — TUNGURAGUA — 

 THE BASIN OF AMBATO — LATACUNGA — OCCUPATIONS. OF THE LADIES — ARRIVAL 

 AT MACHACHI— " IT IS ONLY THE ORINGOS'' ... . . 81-99 



CHAPTER V. 



ON AN ASCENT OF CORAZON, AND WALKS IN THE LANES 

 OF MACHACHI. 



A TRUTHFUL INN-KEEPER — LIFE IN THE INTERIOR — MY YOUNG FRIENDS AT 

 MACHACHI — GREAT BEDS OF VOLCANIC DUSTS — THE BASIN OF MACHACHI — WE 

 SEE A DEAD DONKEY AND MEET A SCORPION — LA CONDAMINE's ASCENT OF 

 CORAZON — DESCRIPTION OF THE SUMMIT — ON " RANGE IN ALTITUDE " — ENTO- 

 MOLOGY AT GREAT HEIGHTS — HUMBOLDT's YELLOW BUTTERFLY — A ZOOLOGIST'S 

 PARADISE — WALKS IN THE LANES OF MACHACHI — ANTONIO RACINES INTRODUCES 

 ME TO AN AMPHIPOD — THE DOGS OF MACHACHI . . . 100-119 



CHAPTER VI. 

 ON COTOPAXI AND ILLINIZA. 



THE PROJECT — LOUIS BECOMES CONVALESCENT — WE GO TO THE FARM OF ROSARIO 

 — COTOPAXI — ANGLES OF ITS SLOPES — ITS POSITION AND ERUPTIONS — ERUPTIONS 

 IN 1877 — DARKNESS CAUSED BY CLOUDS OF EJECTED ASH — LAVA BOILS OVER 

 THE RIM OF THE CRATER — THE FLOODS THAT ENSUE — FIRST ASCENT OF GOTO- 



