CHAP. XIX. 



RANK OF THE GREAT ANDES. 



343 



Name of Mountain. 



Academicians. 



Reiss & Stubel. 



Whymper. 





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^ 



^ 





> 





Toises. 



Feet. 



Metres. 



Feet. 



Metres. 



Feet. 



1. Chimborazo . 



3220 



20,592 



6310 



30,703 



6247 



20,498 



2. Cotopaxi 



2950 



18,865 



5943 



19,498 



5978 



19,613 



3. Antisana 



3020 • 



19,313 



5756 



18,885 



5893 



19,335 



4. Cayambe 



3030 



19,377 



5840 



19,161 



5848 



19,186 



5. Altar . 



2730 



17,458 



5404 



17,730 



... 



... 



6. Sangai 



2680 



17,139 



5323 



17,464 







7, Illiniza 



2717 



17,375 



5305 



17,405 



... 



... 



8. Tunguragua. 



2620 



16,755 



5087 



16,690 



... 



... 



9. Carihuairazo 



2450 



15,668 



5106 



16,752 



5034 



16,515^ 



10. Sincholagua . 



2570 



16,435 



4988 



16,365 



... 



... 



11. Cotocachi 



2570 



16,435 



4966 



16,293 



4968 



16,301 



12. Giiagna-Pichincha . 



... 



... 



4787 



15,706 



4851 



15,918 



Rucu-Pichincha 



2430 



15,540 



4737 



15,542 







13. Corazon 



2470 



15,796 



4816 



15,801 



4838 



15,871 



14. Rumifiahui . 



... 



... 



4757 



15,607 







15. Sara-urcu 



... 



. ... 



4800 



15,749 



4725 



15,502 



1 Height of the middle peak of Carihuairazo. 



The determinations of the Academicians are quoted from Histoire de VAcademie Royale des 

 Sciences (annee 1746), Paris, 1751, pp. 650-651 ; and those of Messrs. Reiss and Stubel are taken from 

 their Alturas tomadas en la Repuhlica del Ecuador, Quito, 1873. 



The heights that are quoted for these mountains, as well as the 

 other altitudes which are given in Appendix A, depend exclusively 

 upon observations of Mercurial Barometers. The two '^Fortin's^ 

 which were used in the interior [see p. 33] were preserved intact 

 to the end of the journey. The precautions that were taken to 

 ensure their safety which have been mentioned upon pp. 54-5 

 would have been of little avail if they had not been supplemented 

 by unceasing care on the part of Jean - Antoine Carrel, who took 

 charge of them during the whole of the time we were amongst the 

 mountains. When travelling over roads, or lower slopes where 

 porterage could be obtained, he carried his ' babies ' and nothing 

 besides. Above the snow-line he was always encumbered with 

 one, and sometimes with both of them, in addition to the matters 

 which it was his proper business to transport ; and the fact that 



