. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . toroad usually weighs more than 300 lbs., and we probably com-mitted a mistake in giving our beasts too little to carry in thelow i In order to travel quickly, a considerable part of my baggage w&a sent outin advance, and was placed in secure hands at Guaranda and Quito. I ammuch indebted to Mr. Theakston, a forwarding agent at Bodegas, fr his atten-tions there and at other places. - All my cases were made with a view to transit by mules, and none weighedmore than 75 lbs. Two of these and a few small articlea were allotted to each CH
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . toroad usually weighs more than 300 lbs., and we probably com-mitted a mistake in giving our beasts too little to carry in thelow i In order to travel quickly, a considerable part of my baggage w&a sent outin advance, and was placed in secure hands at Guaranda and Quito. I ammuch indebted to Mr. Theakston, a forwarding agent at Bodegas, fr his atten-tions there and at other places. - All my cases were made with a view to transit by mules, and none weighedmore than 75 lbs. Two of these and a few small articlea were allotted to each CHAT. I. ALL ALIVE. We made a short march on the first day, and stopped about4 at the little, straggling village La Mona. Our housestood on posts, and like most others in this neighbourhood wasbuilt of bamboo, and was thatched with leaves. We passed thenight, according to the custom of the country, in string ham-mocks, which were slung on the verandah on the first was enlivened by superabundant animal life. Bats flapped. AT LA MONA. our faces, and thousands of insects swarmed down upon thecandles, while scuttling things of all sorts ranged the floor andinvaded our boots. A change was made in our arrangements next day. Fromthis time onwards, Jean-Antoine took charge of both the mer-curial barometers, to leave me free to attend to the details of animal. Thus our loads seldom weighed more than 160 lbs., and this was asmuch as was good at great elevations. I saw many donkeys on the Quito roadcarrying ei^ht dozens of wine or beer in four cases. Such loads cannot haveweighed less than 280 lbs. 8 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES. chap. i. the caravan whilst passing along the Royal Road. This isthe title which has been given for many generations to theroute from Bodegas to Gruaranda. Although republican Ecua-dorians have done much levelling, and amongst other thingshave abolished titles of nobility, they have omitted to leveltheir roads, and cling with curious tenacity to
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