SUMMARY. PLATEAU OF CAXAMAHCA. 



the height to which he would cause the room to be filled with gold, if his 

 persecutors would set him free. Account of the prince's execution on 

 the 29th of August, 1533, and remarks on the so-called "indelible blood 

 stain" on a stone slab before the altar in the chapel of the city prison 

 pp. 406-414. How the hope in a restoration of the Inca empire, 

 also indulged in by Raleigh, has been maintained among the natives. 

 Causes of this fanciful belief p. 414. 



Journey from Caxamarca to the sea-coast. Passage across the Cor- 

 dilleras through the Altos de Guangamarca. The often disappointed 

 hope of enjoying the sight of the Pacific from the crest of the Andes, 

 at last gratified, at a height of 9380 feet pp. 415-420. 



SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS . . . pp. 421-436. 



On the origin of the name borne by the Andes Chain . . p. 421. 

 Epoch of the introductiou of Cinchona (Peruvian) bark into Europe 

 p. 422. 



Ruins of the Inca's causeways and fortified dwellings; Aposentos de 

 Mulalo, Fortaleza del Caiiar, Inti-Guaycu p. 423. 



On the ancient civilization of the Chibchas or Muyscas of New 

 Granada p. 425. Age of the culture of the potato and banana p. 427. 

 Etymology of the word Cundinamarca, corrupted from Cundirumarca, 

 and which, in the first years of republican independence, designated 

 the whole country of New Granada p. 427. 



Chronometric connection of the city of Quito with Tomependa, on 

 the upper course of the Amazon River, and the Callao de Lima, the 

 position of which was accurately determined by the transit of Mercury 

 on the 9th of November, 1802 p. 428. 



On the tedious court ceremonies . of the Incas. Atahuallpa's im- 

 prisonment and unavailing ransom p. 429. 



Free-thinking of the Inca Huayna Capac. Philosophical doubts on 

 the official worship of the sun, and obstacles to the diffusion of know- 

 ledge among the lower and poorer classes of people, according to the 

 testimony of Padre Bias Valera p. 431. 



Raleigh's project for the restoration of the Inca dynasty under 

 English protection, which should be granted for an annual tribute of 

 several hundred thousand pounds p. 432. 



Columbus' earliest evidence of the existence of the Pacific. It was 

 first seen on the 25th of September, 1513, by Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 

 and first navigated by Alonso Martin de Don Benito p. 432. 



On the possibility of constructing an Oceanic canal through the 

 isthmus of Panama (with fewer locks than the Caledonian Canal). 

 Points, the exploration of which has been hitherto totally neglected 

 P. 435. 



Determination of the longitude of Lima p. 435. 



