Note 41 — STEPPES AND DESERTS.
Elizabeth Juliana Sabine translation
p. 21.—“To the mountain plateau of Antisana.”
The great mountain plain or plateau surrounding the volcano of Antisana is 2107 toises (13473 English feet), above the level of the sea. The atmospheric pressure at this elevation is so small that the wild cattle, when hunted with dogs, bleed from the nose and mouth.