160 
VIEW 
OF 
CORAZON, 
PLATE LT. 
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 bad been ob- 
served. M. Bouguer and myself,” says M. 
