. The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America. n angle of about 35°. At ten oclockwe reached the brim of the crater, and the great gulf burstsuddenly into view. We can never forget the impressionmade upon us by the sight. We speak of many things herebelow as awful, but that word has its full meaning whencarried to the top of Pichincha. There you see a frightfulopening in the earths crust nearly a mile in width and halfa mile deep, and from the dark abyss comes rolling up acloud of sulphurous vapors. Monte Somma in the time ofStrabo was a miniature; but this crater is o
. The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America. n angle of about 35°. At ten oclockwe reached the brim of the crater, and the great gulf burstsuddenly into view. We can never forget the impressionmade upon us by the sight. We speak of many things herebelow as awful, but that word has its full meaning whencarried to the top of Pichincha. There you see a frightfulopening in the earths crust nearly a mile in width and halfa mile deep, and from the dark abyss comes rolling up acloud of sulphurous vapors. Monte Somma in the time ofStrabo was a miniature; but this crater is on the top of amountain four times the height of the Italian volcano. Im-agination finds it difficult to conceive a spectacle of morefearful grandeur or such solemn magnificence. It well ac-cords with Miltons picture of the bottomless pit. Theunited effect of the silence and solitude of the place, thegreat depth of the cavity, the dark precipitous sides, andthe column of smoke standing over an unseen crevice, wasto us more impressive than thundering Cotopaxi or fiery. i KPtkWiEi iiiii;a«iiiUi<
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