CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



FROM LONDON TO GUARANDA. 



ECUADORIAN POLITENESS — GUAYAQUIL — ENGAGE AN INTERPRETER — THE RAINY 

 SEASON — SOME SNAKE STORIES — RIVER GUAYAS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES — ARRIVE 

 AT BODEGAS DE BABAHOYO — INDECOROUS BEHAVIOUR OF OUR MULES — ALL 

 ALIVE AT LA MONA — "THE ROYAL ROAD " — A TROPICAL JUNGLE — ASCENT OF 

 THE OUTER ANDES — TAMBO LOMA (THE HOTEL ON THE HILL) — SUMMIT OF THE 

 OUTER RANGE — THE PACIFIC RANGE OF ECUADOR — DESCENT INTO THE VALLEY 



OF THE RIVER CHIMBO — ARRIVAL AT GUARANDA MAPS BY LA CONDAMINE AND 



DON PEDRO MALDONADO — ROUTE MAP AND MAP OF CHIMBORAZO . PageS 1-18 



CHAPTER II. 

 FROM GUARANDA TO THE FIRST CAMP ON CHIMBORAZO. 



A CANDID MAN — INVISIBILITY OF CHIMBORAZO — THE GREAT ARENAL — VISIT TO 

 TORTORILLAS — THE AUTHORITIES OF GUARANDA — TREASURES ! — FIRST VIEW OF 

 CHIMBORAZO — DISCOVERY OF ITS TWO SUMMITS — MAGNITUDE OF ITS GLACIERS 

 — DISCUSSION OF ROUTE — THE SOUTH-WEST RIDGE — THE CARRELS START TO 

 SELECT A CAMPING-PLACE — PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE JOURNEY — HUMBOLDT'S 

 ATTEMPT TO ASCEND CHIMBORAZO IN 1802 — BOUSSINGAULT's ATTEMPTS IN 1831 

 — DIVINE SPEED — DISILLUSIONIZED — COMPARISONS OF THE BAROMETERS — A 

 HOPE DISSIPATED — EXECUTED INSTANTANEOUSLY — RETURN OF THE CARRELS — 

 MORE THAN 19,000 FEET HIGH "BY ANEROID " — A PARTING BENEDICTION- 

 ARRIVAL AT THE FIRST CAMP ON CHIMBORAZO . . . 19-40 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE FIRST ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO. 



INGRATITUDE — ROUTE UP THE VALLON DE CARREL — ON MOUNTAIN-SICKNESS — 

 PLAN OF OPERATIONS — THE COMMISSARIAT — ARRIVAL AT THE SECOND CAMP — 

 HOBS DE COMBAT — CHLORATE OF POTASH — THE MERITS OF RED WINE — PER- 

 RING DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF — SYMPTOMS OF MOUNTAIN-SICKNESS — LIFE AT LOW 

 PRESSURES — REASONS WHY MERCURIAL BAROMETERS ARE BROKEN — PRECAU- 

 TIONS — STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF THE ANEROIDS — DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTH- 



