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THE ANDES. 



summit^ whilst every other object beneath was 

 buried in obscurity. It was interesting to 

 watch the mountain-tops hghted up^ one after 

 another^ until the sun had finally risen above 

 the horizon^ when the whole landscape was in 

 a blaze of light. 



The Andes present certainly a wonderfully 

 huge mass to the eye^ when seen from the 

 plains on the eastern side in this latitude ; but 

 there is a general resemblance^ as well as a 

 tameness^ in the form of the several mountains 

 which fatigues the sight^ and makes this sort of 

 scenery very inferior to the broken and varied 

 summits of the Swiss Alps. The latter are 

 unique^ and are not surpassed^ perhaps not 

 equalled, by any scenery in the world for end- 

 less variety of outline, and for beauty and sub- 

 limity of general effect. 



In the course of the day we got among some 



