CHAP. XII. ROUTE UP CAYAMBE. 231 



I called this peak the Pointe Jarrin, and the glacier the Espinosa 

 Glacier, after their proprietor. 



Cayambe culminates in three domes or bosses, all completely 

 enveloped by snow-covered glacier. The only visible rock high 

 up on the western side is a small cliff, about 800 feet below 

 the northern of these three summits, which is capped by a 

 vertical section of ice, similar to that shewn in the plate facing 

 p. 76. From examination of this mountain at great distances, 

 it was known that the central boss was the highest. It bore 

 north-east from the Pointe Jarrin, and appeared to be more or 

 less accessible, though decorated at its crest with overhanging 

 cornices and surrounded by large crevasses. The course agreed 

 upon was 20° East of North for the first part of the way over 

 the lower glacier ; with the intention of bearing round to the 

 south, and steering directly for the summit, after having got 

 clear of the fissures at the head of the ice-fall. To save time 

 on the following day, I caused steps to be cut up the rounded 

 slopes of the glacier where they pressed against the Pointe 

 Jarrin, and in the course of the afternoon advanced food and 

 instruments to the edge of the ice. 



On the 4th of April we left the tent at 4.40 a.m., and 

 walked by lantern-light as far as the top of the Pointe Jarrin. 

 The morning was fine and clear, and the view at this time 

 embraced almost all of the mountains which have hitherto been 

 enumerated.^ After traversing some flat and easy glacier, we 



^ On the 6th of April I again ascended the Pointe Jarrin, and was more fortunate 

 than usual in getting angles for position. I observed the bearings on this occasion 

 of Mojanda, Imbabura, Cotocachi, Pichincha, Atacatzo, Corazon, Illiniza, Cotopaxi, 

 and Antisana. liuminahui, Pasochoa, and Sincholagua were clouded, and Cayambe 

 shut out the whole of the view to the east. The two peaks of Illiniza, 72 to 73 

 miles away, could be readily distinguished, and at this distance were 0° 45' apart. 

 Antisana (more than 40 miles away) looked huge, and we again saw the large, 

 snowy shoulder on its north-east. Below this, there was a wonderfully level ridge 

 running Out in the same direction, perhaps four or five miles farther. After that, 

 the slopes appeared to descend towards the east with great rapidity. 



