. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . te, and he had thecompanionship of his friends Bonpland and Carlos Montufar—ason of the Marquis de Selvalegre, one of the most importantpersonages of the district. They were all young men, and,selecting a favourable moment for the enterprize, they made theirexpedition under advantageous conditions. There are frequentallusions to Chimborazo throughout the works of Humboldt,and he evidently was profoundly impressed by his the close of his long life, and at an age when mendo not speak lightly, he declared that he still conside
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . te, and he had thecompanionship of his friends Bonpland and Carlos Montufar—ason of the Marquis de Selvalegre, one of the most importantpersonages of the district. They were all young men, and,selecting a favourable moment for the enterprize, they made theirexpedition under advantageous conditions. There are frequentallusions to Chimborazo throughout the works of Humboldt,and he evidently was profoundly impressed by his the close of his long life, and at an age when mendo not speak lightly, he declared that he still considered it wasthe grandest mountain in the world. Notwithstanding the frequent references to this occasionwhich are made in the works of Humboldt, I am unable to 28 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES, chap. ii. tell from his own writings where he actually lie doesnot give courses, or bearings, or such indications as enable oneto identify with certainty the positions to which lie refers. Hestates that upon June 23, 1802, he reached the height of. ^^2^ J£z~/o49<< 19,286 feet by 1 , and that this was greater than he haddared hope for. In many places the ridge was not wider than i see Vues dan, les CordilKres, pp. l4-7 ; Aspects of Vature; Klein**Schriflen ; liecueil <PObservations Astronomiqiies, etc. etc. I think it better toadopt as authoritative the account which is given in Karl Bruhns Life ofHumboldt (8vo, Lond., 187:5, vol. 1, pp. 311-315) than to attempt to construct anarrative from these diverse relations. His biographer must be assumed to befully acquainted with all that has been written on the subject. chap. ii. HOCSSIXGAULTS ATTEMPTS. 29 from eight to ten inches. To our left a precipice covered withsnow. . On the right was a fearful abyss. . The rockbecame more friable and the ascent increasingly difficult anddangerous. We were obliged to use both hands and feet. Weadvanced all the more slowly, as every place that seemed in-secure had first to be tested.
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