CHIMBORAZO, FROM THE NORTH-NORTH-WEST. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



O^ THE SECOND ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO. 



The aspect of Chimborazo from the north-nortli-west was quite 

 unlike its appearance from any other direction. The two summits 

 could not be seen/ and the mountain seemed to terminate in one 

 very flat dome. I found that this apparent summit was actually 

 at C on my map, and was part of the glacier which I have named 

 Glacier de Eeiss, after Dr. W. Reiss of Berlin. Under this 

 great flat dome there were vertical sections of glacier, crowning 

 precipices of rock, in a manner similar to those which are repre- 

 sented in the plate facing p. 76 ; and falls of ice occurred over 

 these cliffs, as the glacier advanced, like those that are described 

 upon page 78.^ In order to be beyond the range of these ice- 



1 The highest of the two summits could be seen from the fourth camp, rising 

 over the glacier that I have named Glacier de Spruce. The very highest point 

 was, probably, concealed. 



2 The blocks of ice that fell from the faces of glacier marked E, E (on the inset 

 Sketch plan of part of the south side of Chimborazo), over the cliffs B, C, sometimes 

 rolled down the Glacier de Debris as far as Station 4. 



