CONTENTS. 1^' 



tion—AgrrculUlre— Exports— Preparations for joining Cajitaiii Bamlin'? 

 Expedition— Journey to Batabano, and Voyage to Trinidad deCuha 25* 



CHAPTER XXn. 



VOYAGE FROM CUBA TO CAETHAGENA. 



Passage from Trinidad of Cuba to Carthagena— Description of the latter 

 —Village of Turbaco— Air-volcanoes— Preparations for ascending the 

 Rio Magdalena 266 



CHAPTER xxnr. 



BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY FROM CARTHAGENA TO 

 QUITO AND MEXICO. 



Ascent of the Rio Magdalena— Santa Fe de Bogota— Cataract of Tcquen- 

 dama— Natural Bridges of Icononzo— Passage of Quindiu— Cargucroa 

 —Popayan— Quito— Cotopaxi and Chimborazo— Route from Quito to 

 Lima— Guayaquil— Mexico— Guanaxuato— Volcano of Jorullo— Pyra- 

 mid of Cholula 279 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



DESCRIPTION OF NEW-SPAIN OR MEXICO. 



General Description of New-Spain or Mexico— Cordilleras— Climates 

 —Mines— Rivers— Lakes-Soil- Volcanoes— Harbours— Population- 

 Provinces— Valley Of Mexico, and Description of the Capital— Inunda 

 tions, and Works undertaken for the Purpose of preventing them. . 207 



CHAPTER XXV. 



STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF NEW-SPAIN CONTINUED. 



Agriculture of Mexico— Banana, Manioe, and Maize— Cereal Plants— 

 Nutritive Roots and Vegetables- Agave Americana— Colonial Com- 

 modities— Cattle, and Animal Productions 325 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



MINES OF NEW-SPAIN. 



Mining Districts— Metalliferous Veins and Beds— Geological Relations 

 of the Ores— Produce of the Mines— Recapitulation 338 



CHAPTER XXVIL 



PASSAGE FROM VERA CRUZ TO CUBA AND PHILADELPHU, 

 AND VOYAGE TO EUROPE. 



Departure from RIex'ico— Passage to Havana and Philadelphia— Return 

 to Europe— Results of the Journeys in America 347 



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