The wonders of nature and art; or, A concise account of whatever is most curious and remarkable in the world; whether relating to its animal, vegetable and mineral productions, or to the manufactures, buildings and inventions of its inhabitants, compiled from historical and geographical works of established celebrity, and illustrated with the discoveries of modern travellers / [Thomas Smith].
- Smith, Thomas, 1775 or 1776-1830
- Date:
- 1803-1804
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The wonders of nature and art; or, A concise account of whatever is most curious and remarkable in the world; whether relating to its animal, vegetable and mineral productions, or to the manufactures, buildings and inventions of its inhabitants, compiled from historical and geographical works of established celebrity, and illustrated with the discoveries of modern travellers / [Thomas Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![C 3 ] MOUNTAINS, STRINGS, VOLCANOES, EARTH- QUAKES, RIVERS, BRIDGES, &C. It is generally allowed, that the mountains of South America are not to be paralleled in any other part of the world, for their surprising height and extent ; witness that prodigious chain of them calf- od the Andes, which begins in thq most northerri part of Peru, and extends itself quite to the Straits of Magellan, a length of between three and four thousand miles. Acosta relates, that he once as- cended one of the highest of these mountains in Peru, called Pariacaca ; and that he went prepar- ed according to the best instructions he could'get', with several more who had the like curiosity ; but, notwithstanding all his precaution, when lie came near the top he was seized with such pains that he thought he should have fallen to the grourid ; and'; the rest of the company leeling similar emotions, they all hastened down as fast as they could, with- out waiting for one another. They were all taken with violent retchings, and not only brought up green phlegm and cholcr, but a great deal of blOon. This lasted for three or four hours, till they had descended to the lower part of the mountain ; but it seems that the sickness generally goes off before they get to the bottom, and is attended with no ill consequences. People who pass this ridge of mountains in any part ot them, for upwards of five hundred leagues# are affected in like manner, but more in some places than in others. Acosta had passed the Andes at four other different places, and always fell the like disorder, but not so much as at Paria- caca ; and the best remedy they found against it](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22018232_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
