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Identifier: travelsamongstg00whym (find matches)
Title: Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911
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Publisher: New York, Scribner
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nswered in theaffirmative. For how much? He reflected a little, and said one hundred pesos. For three hundred and fifty francs, Carrel,the land is yours ! It was just one farthing per acre. As he wasso moderate, I thought of buying Altar for myself, and asked what 1 There were some very steep bits on this journey ; — from the Bridge of Penipeto the village (about 350 feet); between Penipe and Candelaria, 950 feet in one con-tinuous ascent; and then the 800 feet mentioned above. The track in the Valley ofCollanes itself was more level and less undulating than usual. CHAP. xvi. AT CAMP IX THE VALLEY OF COLLATES. 305 he would take for the whole mountain. No ! no ! he would notsell at any price. Why not? He was reluctaut to answer. Why will you not sell Altar f Because there is much treasurethere! The treasures of Altar have yet to be discovered. The mount-ain is an extinct Volcano, having a crater in the form of ahorse-shoe (larger than that of Cotopaxi), open towards the west; V • /
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Wffff^ AT CAMP IN THE VALLEY OF COLLANES. with an irregular rim, carrying some of the finest rock peaks inEcuador. The culminating pointl is on the southern, and thesecond peak (which is only slightly inferior in elevation to thehighest point) lies opposite to it on the northern side of the crater.The walls of the cirque are exceedingly rugged, with much snow,and the floor is occupied by a glacier, which is largely fed by fallsfrom hanging-glaciers on the surrounding slopes and cliffs. The 1 According to La Condamine its height is 17,458 feet; Reiss & Stiibel say 17,730feet. It is probably the fifth in rank of the Great Andes of the Equator. 2 R 306 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES, chap. xvi. highest peak rises about 3500 feet above the apparent floor of thecrater in el ills as precipitous as the steepest part of the Eigher. June 18. In Camp in the Valley of Collanes. Finding that wewere nearly under the highest peak, and (from such glimpses ascould be obtained through the clouds)

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