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They are doubtless the produce of the upper slopes, which by slow degrees gravitated to the present pumice-beds. Bending abruptly to the east, we began to breast the red pumice-bed leading to the Estancia de Abajo or de los Inglezes. This ramp, whose extreme angle is 26 degrees, bordered by thick bands of detached lava-rocks, is doubtless the foundation-matter of the Pike.
The good folk of the Villa, indeed, declared that the Ingleza could never reach even the Estancia de los Inglezes. Our train was modest a pair of nags with their attendants, and two excellent sumpter-mules carrying provisions and blankets.
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