THE ANDES' FACE ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.

The Andes are the longest and most remarkable continental mountain range that occurs on the Globe, which extends along the Whole Western Coast of America, parallel to, and at a short distance from, the Pacific Ocean.
This Chain seems quite unbroken from Cape Horn to Mount St. Elias, and even as far as Beering's Straits. In this regions, the Andes have a subterranean communication with the volcanoes of the area. There are more than 50 between Cape Horn and Mount St. Elias, that still emit flames.
The Andes have no glaciers, which is accounted for from the small quantity of snow that falls between the tropics; but on digging into the soil at Chimborazo, snow of great antiquity is found.
The internal structure of the mountains at the equator embraces almost every kind of rock discovered in the rest of the globe; and the arrangement of the strata is likewise perfectly similar. But a circumstance peculiar to these Andean Mountains is the vast height to which the rocks of subsequent formation to granite ascend in the South American soil.
In its whole course through Peru, this Range of High Land is well known to be of the most gigantic elevation. At the Isthmus of Panama the Chain is at its lowest elevation, not exceeding 6000 or 7000 ft. In Mexico it again rises into Volcanic Peaks, that almost rival Chimborazo, in the Andes.
The Rocky Mountains of North America are on a much lower scale, and do not exceed 500 or 6000 ft; but towards the NorthWestern extremity, Mount St. Elias again towers to a height second only to that of the loftiest Andes.
Another Chain on the opposite side of this American Continent runs parallel to the Atlantic. West of the United States it is called the Allegany and Apalachian Mountains. It forms the High Land of the West India Islands, and, in South America, runs along the Back Settlements of Brazil.
These 2 great lines of High Land divide America into 3 Low Lands, 2 of which are beneath the Mountain Chains and the Oceans, and are narrow, particularly that which borders the Pacific Ocean; the other, forming the interior, both of North and South America, is extensive, fertile, and watered by the noblest Rivers in the World.
The heights at which different animals are found in the South American Continent is a natural phenomena. The produce of the soil also follows the same pattern. Several communities on the Andes Mountains are situated at a considerable height. From the level of the sea to the height of about 2,000m, the plantain, maize, and chocolate nut are cultivated. This is also the region of the most delicious fruits. The sugar cane, indigo, and the coffee tree arrives at the greatest perfection in a high and strong soil. Wheat also grows in great abundance in Quito and Peru. The extensive plains of the Cordilleras are particular favorable to grain cultivation and the circumstance of the soil yielding a fantastic harvest is attributed to once they formed the bottoms of great lakes millions of years ago.
The most remarkable Mountains of the Andes are those of Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, and Pichincha.