. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . pril, at 12 (noon), the Mercurial Barometer (reduced to 32° Faht.) read 16*661inches, air temperature 36° 5 Faht. The 11 observation at Guayaquil (red. to32°) was 29-869 inches, air temp. 81° Faht. 2 Purplish-grey rock, containing small whitish felspar crystals, with a goodmany minute vesicles. . The ground mass appears to consist of a glassy base,containing minute crystallites, probably for the most part felspar, but perhaps alsoa pyroxenic mineral, with rods of opacite and with ferrite staining. In this occurcrystals of plagioclastic fe
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . pril, at 12 (noon), the Mercurial Barometer (reduced to 32° Faht.) read 16*661inches, air temperature 36° 5 Faht. The 11 observation at Guayaquil (red. to32°) was 29-869 inches, air temp. 81° Faht. 2 Purplish-grey rock, containing small whitish felspar crystals, with a goodmany minute vesicles. . The ground mass appears to consist of a glassy base,containing minute crystallites, probably for the most part felspar, but perhaps alsoa pyroxenic mineral, with rods of opacite and with ferrite staining. In this occurcrystals of plagioclastic felspar, not generally exceeding 0*3 inch, agreeing in generalcharacter with those already described, but perhaps more frequently containingenclosures, and dirty looking, together with a pyroxenic mineral. The crystalsof this are not very characteristic, but I think both augite and hypersthene can beidentified. . These rocks from Cotocachi appear to be hyperstheniferous augite-andesite.—Prof. T. G. Bonney, Proc. Royal Soc., Nov. 27, COTOCACHI, FROM CARRANQUI. 264 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES, chap. xiv. is probably the eleventh in rank of the Great Andes of the says that it was in eruption some centuries ago, and itis not unlikely that a crater lies buried beneath the glacier whichat present occupies the depression between its two On the 25th of April we returned to Cotocachi. The laneswere thronged by troops of Indians, hurrying forward withunwonted alacrity to the village, where the streets and exits fromthe Plaza were barricaded, to prevent the escape of tormentedcattle. Their eagerness was explained. What sweeter pastimeis there than baiting a bull ? When can it be more fitly practisedthan upon a Sunday afternoon ? The elite of Cotocachi were engaged at the Priests house inperusing an account of the Ascent of Antisana, which had justbeen published by General Veintemilla in the Official Reverence insisted that it must be re
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