Wespentthedayonthesummit，andIneverenjoyedonemorethoroughly。
Chile，boundedbytheAndesandthePacific，wasseenasinamap。Thepleasurefromthescenery，initselfbeautiful，washeightenedbythemanyreflectionswhicharosefromthemereviewoftheCampanarangewithitslesserparallelones，andofthebroadvalleyofQuillotadirectlyintersectingthem。Whocanavoidwonderingattheforcewhichhasupheavedthesemountains，andevenmoresoatthecountlessageswhichitmusthaverequiredtohavebrokenthrough，removed，andlevelledwholemassesofthem？ItiswellinthiscasetocalltomindthevastshingleandsedimentarybedsofPatagonia，which，ifheapedontheCordillera，wouldincreaseitsheightbysomanythousandfeet。Wheninthatcountry，Iwonderedhowanymountain-chaincouldhavesuppliedsuchmasses，andnothavebeenutterlyobliterated。
Wemustnotnowreversethewonder，anddoubtwhetherall-powerfultimecangrinddownmountains——eventhegiganticCordillera——into-gravelandmud。
TheappearanceoftheAndeswasdifferentfromthatwhichIhadexpected。
Thelowerlineofthesnowwasofcoursehorizontal，andtothislinetheevensummitsoftherangeseemedquiteparallel。Onlyatlongintervals，agroupofpointsorasingleconeshowedwhereavolcanohadexisted，ordoesnowexist。Hencetherangeresembledagreatsolidwall，surmountedhereandtherebyatower，andmakingamostperfectbarriertothecountry。