. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . ??? ~ ;^ ONE OF OUR ARRIEROS. met with trudging bare-footed along the roads, whenever one was hired he found himself unable to walk without shoes, and that lie had none. 1 Left Gruaranda ; arrived at Ensillada Halted 45 at summit of Arenal ; and at Camp 1 (14,:i75 feet) at AIGUILLES ON CHIMBORAZO. CHAPTER III. THE FIRST ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO. The temperature in the night was unexpectedly low for somoderate an elevation as that of the first camp. Only a weekbefore, at Tortorillas, we had experie
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . ??? ~ ;^ ONE OF OUR ARRIEROS. met with trudging bare-footed along the roads, whenever one was hired he found himself unable to walk without shoes, and that lie had none. 1 Left Gruaranda ; arrived at Ensillada Halted 45 at summit of Arenal ; and at Camp 1 (14,:i75 feet) at AIGUILLES ON CHIMBORAZO. CHAPTER III. THE FIRST ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO. The temperature in the night was unexpectedly low for somoderate an elevation as that of the first camp. Only a weekbefore, at Tortorillas, we had experienced 56°.5 at mid-day, andI scarcely anticipated that the freezing-point would be touchedat the height of 14,000 feet in the neighbourhood of the sharp frost caused me to observe the nocturnal minimaat our subsequent camps, and, from the table that is given inAppendix E, it will be seen that the minimum of the night ofDec. 26 was below the average. It occurred upon an excep-tionally fine night, with a clear sky. 1 The only information I possessed upon temperatures of any sort at considerableelevations in Ecuador was that published by Boussingault in the Comptes Rendm,in 1879, vol. lxxxviii, p. 1241. This relates to the Hacienda of Antisana (13,306feet), and is referred to more particularly in my chapter upon Antisana. G 42 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT A
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