Extracts From a Journal, Written On the Coasts of Chili, Peru, And Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 2
Extracts From a Journal, Written On the Coasts of Chili, Peru, And Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 2
Hall Basil
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24th, Alt W. peak, observed 59 l^' 24th, Alt E. do. 45 17 Height of the observer's eye, 16 feet. Barom. 29,95. Thermom. 80^ Xat. W. peak, 15*^ 9' 54" N. Long. W. peak 92*» 3' 40" W. Lat. E. do. 15 4 50 N. E. 91 51 94 W- The bearings were determined astronomically, by mea- suring the angular distance between the peaks and the sun's limb, at sunrise. The altitudes were measured by four sextants. Digitized by VjOOQIC STORM. 167 been accustomed to. We had, as usual in such climates, all our thread-...bare sails bent, our worn-out ropes rove, and were in no respect pre- |iared to encounter storms. On the evening of the 24th of February, the sun set with astonish- ing splendour, but with « wild lurid appearance, which, in any other country, would have put us inore upon our guard. The sun itself, when still considerably above the horizon, became of a blood- red c(dour, and the surrounding clouds assumed various bright tinges of a fiary character, fading into purple at the zenith,— the whole sky look- ing more angry and threatening than any- thing I ever saw before.
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