INDEX 



Abraspungo, 86, 316, 318-19, 332, 349, 



398, 401. 

 Academicians, 16, 107, 288-93. 

 Accident to a mule, 285-6. 

 Acosta, Father Joseph de, 192-3, 375-7. 

 Aeronauts, Introd., v-vii, 377-80, 382, 



438-42. 

 Agua Clara, 14. 



Aguirre family, 127, 159, 184, 205, 217. 

 Aiguille du Dru, 299, 307. 



du Geant, 58. 



du Gouter, 229. 



du Midi, 58. 



Air (see Rarefaction of Air). 



Alausi, Village of, 386. 



Alchipichi, Hacienda of, 284. 



Alcohol, 10. 



Alligators, 4. 



Aloasi, Village of, 108. 



Alpargatas, 143. 



Alpine Club, Introd., xii. 



Altar, 85-6, 96, 235-6, 296, 302, 304-8, 



334, 343, 347, 349, 353, 362-4. 

 Altitudes (see Greatest Altitudes). 



determined in Ecuador, 339, 395- 



401. 

 Amazons, River, 25, 92, 193, 195, 201, 



239, 290. 

 Ambato, basin of, 90, 97, 110. 



Bishop of, 96, 116, 356. 



Governor of, 87, 91. 



population of, 93, 295. 



town of, 82-3, 86, 89-97, 104, 178, 



302, 316, 327-8, 370, 398, 399, 

 413-14, 422. 

 Amphipoda, 117, 361, 363. 

 Ana, tambo S., 122, 124, 138. 

 Ancon, 270. 

 Aneroid Barometers, 33, 38, 56-7, 67, 



70, 72, 219-21, 325, 331-2, 344-5, 



399, 401, 405-16. 

 Annelida (see Earth-worms). 



Antiquities, 256-8, 268-84. 



Antisana, 101, 121, 133, 145, 156, 159, 

 165, 184-205, 210-15, 224, 228, 

 230-1, 240, 245, 255, 262, 343, 

 345-7, 349, 351-3, 359, 363, 370, 

 372-3, 396, 400, 420, 422, 426-7, 

 429, 431. 



Hacienda of, 41, 184, 186, 188-91, 



194, 196, 198-200, 204, 354, 357, 

 361-3, 365-6, 398, 400, 423. 



Antisanilla, Hacienda of, 159,185,188-9, 

 , 201, 204, 366, 400. 



Lava-stream of, 187-9, 199. 



Antonio, Village of S., 265-6. 



Ants, 10, 355, 362. 



Arachnida (see Scorpions and Spi- 

 ders). 



Arenal, the Great, 20, 21, 24, 26, 30-1, 

 33, 40-3, 76-8, 86, 93, 319, 332-3. 



Arriaga, Padre, 275. 



Arrieros, 6, 9, 21, 39-40, 159, 208, 309. 



Arriero-courier, 47, 60, 62-3, 73. 



Ascents, rate of, 32, 66, 70-1, 75, 79, 

 149, 162, 164, 191, 198, 234-5, 

 262-3, 298, 317, 331. 



Ash, Volcanic (see Volcanic dust). 



Atacatzo, 105-6, 108-9, 167, 170, 210, 

 231, 347. 



Atahualpa, 257. 



Atlantic Ocean, 239. 



Atmospheric pressure (see Pressure). 



Avalanches, ice-, 78, 307, 320-1, 338. 



snow-, 195, 262. 



Azuay, Province of, 294. 



Baker, Mr. E. G., 115, 353. 



Sirs. W.,418. 



Balsabamba, Village of, 11, 15. 

 Banks in Ecuador, 181-3. 

 Banos, Village of, 97. 193. 

 Baquero's Hotel, 98. 

 Barometer, Aneroid (see Aneroid). 



