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496 NOTES OF A BOTANIST CHAP.
the volcano, is specified
Mulatos :
Valle Vicioso.
as the Cordillera de los
it is separated from Cotopaxi by the
2. El Volcan de las Margasitas, south-east by
east from Los Mulatos, and a little east of north
from the mouth of the Rio Verde Grande.
" Margasitas "
(more properly Marquesitas) corre-
sponds nearly to the term "pyrites," and is a general
name for the sulphates of iron, copper, etc.
3. Zunchu-urcu, a smaller volcano than Margasitas,
and at a short distance south-south-east of
" "
it. Zunchu is the Quichua term for mica or talc.
4. Siete-bocas, a large mountain, with seven
mouths vomiting flame, south-west by south from
Margasitas, west by south from Zunchu. Its
southern slope is the Nevado del Atilis.
nearly
5. Gran Volcan del Topo, or Yurag-Llanganati,
east from Siete-bocas and south-west from
Zunchu. A tall snowy peak at the head of the
river Topo, and the same as I saw from Cotalo. It
is the only one of the group which rises to perpetual
snow, though there are many others rarely
snow ;
hence
Llanganati. 1
clear of
its second name Yurag (White)
[This mountain is partly shown on the extreme
right margin of the map here given.]
The last four volcanoes are all near each other,
and form part of what Guzman calls the Cordillera
de Yurag-urcu, or Llanganatis of the Topo.
North-east from the Volcan del Topo, and
running from south-east to north-west,
is the Cor-
1 Yillavicensio gives its height as 6520 varas (17,878 English feet) in his
Geograjia del F.ciMitor, from a measurement (as he says) of Guzman, but does
not inform us where he obtained his information.