. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . t,and I found a more acuteone presently at Otovalo inthe person of the YankeeJew who had anathema-tized the salt fish on GoodFriday ; and succeeded inenlisting the sympathies ofseveral other persons whowere not insensible to thevalue of the AlmightyDollar. Time was becomingprecious, for this north-ern journey had occupiedlonger than was intended ;and it was arranged thatOotocachi should be dis-posed of first, and that Ishould pursue my questfor antiquities with Verity and Cevallos, whilst the Carrelsreturned southwards to make another attempt
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . t,and I found a more acuteone presently at Otovalo inthe person of the YankeeJew who had anathema-tized the salt fish on GoodFriday ; and succeeded inenlisting the sympathies ofseveral other persons whowere not insensible to thevalue of the AlmightyDollar. Time was becomingprecious, for this north-ern journey had occupiedlonger than was intended ;and it was arranged thatOotocachi should be dis-posed of first, and that Ishould pursue my questfor antiquities with Verity and Cevallos, whilst the Carrelsreturned southwards to make another attempt to ascend Otovalo we were informed that our mountain was unapproach-. Imbabura is bounded on the north by Colombia, and on the west, east andsouth by the Provinces of Esmeraldas, Oriente, and Pichincha. It is divided in ofour cantons, Tnlcan, Ibarra, Cotocaehi and Otovalo, which are »»^^twenty-nine parishes. Ibarra is the chief town. The mountain called Imbaburaoccupies a large part of the See the illustration on page
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