. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . ENTKANCE TO THE HACIENDA, ECUADOKIKNNK BARRINGS. CHAPTER IX. ON QUITO AND THE QUITONIANS. The Capital of the Republic of the Equator is situated at thebottom of the eastern slopes of Pichincha, close to where theyabut against the Puengasi ridge; and between these two mount-ains the drainage of the area which may properly be termed thebasin of Quito escapes, through a cleft, on to the Plain of basin extends from the city to the Tambillo ridge, and isbounded on the west by Atacatzo and part of Pichincha, and onthe east by

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. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . ENTKANCE TO THE HACIENDA, ECUADOKIKNNK BARRINGS. CHAPTER IX. ON QUITO AND THE QUITONIANS. The Capital of the Republic of the Equator is situated at thebottom of the eastern slopes of Pichincha, close to where theyabut against the Puengasi ridge; and between these two mount-ains the drainage of the area which may properly be termed thebasin of Quito escapes, through a cleft, on to the Plain of basin extends from the city to the Tambillo ridge, and isbounded on the west by Atacatzo and part of Pichincha, and onthe east by Puengasi. Previous writers have spoken of the valleyof Quito ; and (ignoring the natural lines of drainage which havebeen enumeratedx) have even applied that term to the whole ofthe interior embraced between Riobamba and the Plain of Tum-baco. The only area to which this designation can properly begiven is that which is indicated above ; and even this, it seemsto me, is more aptly called the basin of Quito. The population of the city is commonly said to range from60,000 to 80,000 ;

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