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VIEW 



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COJIAZON. 



PLATE LI. 



The mountain of Corazon, covered with perpe- 

 tual snow, derived its name from the form of its 

 summit, which is nearly that of a heart. I 

 have sketched it, as it appears from the Alto de 

 Poingasi, near the city of Quito. This Nevada 

 is found in the western Cordillera, between the 

 summits of Pichincha and Ilinissa. One of the 

 pyramids of the mountain last mentioned is seen 

 on the left, above the eastern slope of Corazon. 

 The apparent proximity of these two summits, 

 and the contrast of their forms, present a very 

 singular point of view. 



It was on the summit of Corazon, that, before 

 our voyage to America, the greatest depression 

 of the mercury in the barometer had been ob- 

 served. " M. Bouguer and myself," says M. 



