XXll CONTENTS. 



CHAF. BOOK III. PAGE 



I. Voyage up the Chagre, and journey from Cruces to 



Panama by land. - - - - 107 



II. Description of the city of Panama. - - 113 



III. Of the climate and inhabitants of Panama. Fruits 

 produced in the neighbouring country. - - 120 



IV. Of the usual food of the inhabitants, with other ob- 

 servations. - - - - 123 



V. Of the trade and commerce of Panama. - - 1^6 



VI. Extent of the audience of Panama, in the kingdom 

 of Terra Firma. Limits of that kingdom, and the 

 provinces which compose it. - - - 132 



BOOK IV. 



I. Voyage from Perico to Guayaquil. • - 141 



If. Voyage from Perico to Puna. - - - 147 



III. Of our stay at Guayaquil, and measures taken for a 

 journey to the mountains. - - - 1 50 



IV. Description of Guayaquil. _ - - 152 



V. Of the inhabitants, customs, and riches. •> - 156 



VI. Temperature of the air; different seasons ; inconve- 

 niences ; and distempers. - - - 158 



VII. Previsions^ and manner of living at Guayaquil. - l62 



VIII. Extent of the jurisdiction of Guayaquil. - l65 



IX. Description of the river of Guayaquil. Houses on 

 its banks. Vtssels trading on it. Fish and amphi- 

 bious animals frequenting it. - - - 177 



X. Of the commerce carried on betzeixt the kingdoms of 

 Peru, Terra Firma, and the coast of New Spain. - 19l 



BOOK V. 



I. Passage from Guayaquil to Caracol, arid thence to 



Quito. ----- 1Q5 



II, Difficulties attending our making the necessary ob- 

 servations for measuring the length of aii/arch of the 

 meridian. Manner of our living during the opera- 

 tions. - - - - - 211 



ill. The names of the deserts and other places, where the 

 signals were erected for forming the series of triangles 



for' 



