. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . heirs. The city of Quito is itself built upon theskirt of the volcanic mountain of is a fine city, with many elegant buildings,though the streets are irregular, and archesare frequently necessary in order to crossthe yawning chasms created by the eruptionsof the mountain. In a southerly direction, at the distanceof about a hundred miles, is the celebratedpeak of Chimborazo. It is twenty-one thou-sand four hundred and forty feet in height,and is capped with everlasting snow. In aclear day, I could see this sublime moun-ta
. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . heirs. The city of Quito is itself built upon theskirt of the volcanic mountain of is a fine city, with many elegant buildings,though the streets are irregular, and archesare frequently necessary in order to crossthe yawning chasms created by the eruptionsof the mountain. In a southerly direction, at the distanceof about a hundred miles, is the celebratedpeak of Chimborazo. It is twenty-one thou-sand four hundred and forty feet in height,and is capped with everlasting snow. In aclear day, I could see this sublime moun-tain, seeming like a thin blue cloud, andappearing almost to blend with the distantsky. I had now given up every hope ofmeeting with my uncle, and thought onlyof finding my way back to Guiana. Anopportunity was soon offered for setting outon my return. Three Spanish travellers 160 DICK BOLDHERO. were about to proceed to Assumption, onthe Pilcomayo, and then descend the Ama-zon to its mouth. Balbo and myself wereengaged as servants, and we speedily Llama. We crossed the mountains on mules,sometimes employing llamas for carrying ourbaggage. These animals are about twice thesize of the sheep, and have a gentleness ofcharacter that seems to win kindness fromevery one. They have indeed one habitwhich seems incompatible with their generalcourse of non-resistance; for if you offendthem, they will spit in your face ! Yet theycannot endure chastisement. They will per-form the utmost labor of which they arecapable; but if you strike them, in order to DICK BOLDHERO. 161 urge them beyond this, they will lie downand die. In a fortnight we reached the smalltown of Assumption. We here embarkedupon the Amazon in a boat, being liberallyprovided with every thing needful for ourvoyage. After a diversity of incidents, we reachedthe town of Barra, just below the pointwhere the Rio Negro enters the here parted with our bateau, and, join-ing some other travellers, hired a larger
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