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mory must have been very treacherous, more 

 particularly about the " Inca^s Bridge -y' for he 

 gives a view of two casuchas as being seen from 

 it, whereas it is impossible to see one. The tem- 

 perature of the warm springs, were also given 

 from memory or guess, which happened to be 

 only about thirty degrees from the mark. But 

 my object is not to criticise any traveller, other- 

 >vise, I should have enough to fill a volume on 

 those who have already written on South Ame- 

 rica — this is merely a journal of facts, written on 

 the spot at the time, with the various feelings 

 which I at the moment possessed ) but when I 

 see views given which never existed, dangers 

 described which are all imaginary, and circum- 

 stances set down that would lead any traveller 

 astray, I cannot help here and there making a 

 cursory remark upon them. For instance, one 

 traveller in his journal, describes his first sight 

 of the Andes as follows : it must be recollected, 

 he was at this time one hundred and seventy 

 miles off. We were gratified on the 1th 



