Journey from Buenos Ayres; through the provinces of Cordova, Tucuman, and Salta, to Potosi, thence by the deserts of Caranja to Arica, and ... on behalf of the Chilian and Volume 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 edition. Excerpt: ...been on earth," and the history of the Titans, does not seem to be a fable. It is true I did not see these large human remains, but this account was furnished me by most respectable authority in Salta. Finally, of the changes which have taken place, our own recorded deluge bears witness. GEOLOGICAL rnsonr. 169 I have sometimes imagined that over the northern hemisphere the displaced waters rolled, as the southern land emerged. Thus, to extend further the fanciful speculation, may be accounted for the inundation of the old world by the bulk of the southern displaced waters, and the outpourings off the land as it arose, the water rushing along, and scooping the enormous basins I have made mention of before (some of which were three or four miles in diameter, for a long succession of them), to find its final junction with the sea. That land rises or ocean recedes, even now, in many other parts of the globe, there is no doubt!' Near Dampier0s and Pitt's straits, and among the groups of islands adjacent to New Guinea,-1' the seaman is surprised on revisiting them, after the lapse of years, by the apparent increase of some, and appearance of others altogether new. Many indeed of these were the work of the coral insect, but in some places volcanic, of which kind Ascension elsewhere is a specimen:, but I must conclude, lest I lose myself " The coast of South America, for eight hundred miles together, is said to have risen lately three feet above the old sea level, in consequence of the earthquake at Valparaiso. 1-See Appendix. in a maze of wild conjecture. ON the 6th of December, at sun-rise, after a couple of hours sleep, I started with the muleteer, and arrived at Tacna at seven A.M. I immediately waited upon Mr. C....