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xvi RIDGE—EXPLORATION BY THE CARRELS—MORE THAN 19,000 FEET HIGH BY MERCURIAL BAROMETER—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THIRD CAMP—THE OX- CHEEK OF CHICAGO—A LIBELLOUS STATEMENT—DESERTION OF THE INDIANS—ARRIVAL AND FLIGHT OF THE GUARD—“THE BONES OF SOME RUMINANT”—ASSAULT OF THE BREACH—DISCOMFITED—SECOND ATTACK—PASSAGE OF THE BREACH—ARRIVAL ON THE SUMMIT OF CHIMBORAZO—ITS HEIGHT—DISCORDANT OBSERVATIONS—SANGAI IN ERUPTION—THE SOUTHERN WALLS—AN ICE-AVALANCHE — THE RETREATPages 41–80

CHAPTER IV.

FROM CHUQUIPOQUIO TO AMBATO, LATACUNGA AND MACHACHI.

CHAPTER V.

ON AN ASCENT OF CORAZON, AND WALKS IN THE LANES OF MACHACHI.

CHAPTER VI.

ON COTOPAXI AND ILLINIZA.

THE PROJECT—LOUIS BECOMES CONVALESCENT—WE GO TO THE FARM OF ROSARIO—COTOPAXI—ANGLES OF ITS SLOPES—ITS POSITION AND ERUPTIONS—ERUPTIONS IN 1877—DARKNESS CAUSED BY CLOUDS OF EJECTED ASH—LAVA BOILS OVER THE RIM OF THE CRATER—THE FLOODS THAT ENSUE—FIRST ASCENT OF