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Title: Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911
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Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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with blood, for we were compelled to grasp the stems to pre-vent ourselves from sinking into the boggy soil. On this daywe crossed the divide, and the streams now flowed towards theAtlantic. The whole country wax J ike a saturated sponge. We joined the others in due course, under an overhangingcliff of silvery mica-slate,2 which we afterwards found was knownby the name of Corredor Machai, or the hunters refuge. It i This has been identified by Prof. D. Oliver with the Chusquea aristata ofMunro,—a reedy grass which is only known to grow in this region. 2 A rather fine-grained micaceous gneiss. The slaty formation is evidentlydue to a rough cleavage traversing the rock, on the planes of which a silvery micahas been rather largely developed. . . The structure of the rock is perplexing :it must undoubtedly be classed with the crystalline schists, but I suspect thatthe very marked schistosity is a secondary development due to crushing.—Prof. T.G. Bonney, Proc. Royal Soc, Nov. 27, 1884.
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THE BEDROOM THE KITCHEN AT CAMP ON THE EQUATOR, AT CORREDOR MACHAI (12,779 FEET). CHAT. XIII. WE ARE TICKLED. 243 was almost the only spot where it was possible to camp, and itafforded good protection on one side, of which we were glad, asthere were numerous tracks of bears, pumas andother wild-beasts about. The lurch forward of thecliff prevented rain falling directly upon us, unlessit blew from the north-east; but everything burn-able was dripping with moisture,1 and the sur-rounding land was so wet that water oozed or evensquirted out in jets when it was trodden upon.Corrector Machai was placed on the southern side ofa small valley, descending north-west, with severaldepressions (passes ?) at its head. At mid - day despatched two men across thevalley to advance provisions in the direction inwhich we supposed Sara-urcu was situated. It hadnot yet been seen, and our view was limited bythe mists to the immediate surroundings. Theyreturned with a human skull which they had pickedup not

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