CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER XV. 



Caravaya. 

 Chiucliona forests of Tambopata Page 240 



CHAPTER XVI. 



General remarks on tlie chinchona-plants of Caravaya 267 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Journey from the Forests of Tambopata to the Port of Islay. 

 Establishment of the plants in Wardian eases 27.5 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Present Condition and Fvti're Prospects of Perv. 



Population — Civil wars — Government — Constitution — General Castilla and 

 his ministers — Dr. Vigil — Mariano Paz Soldan — Valleys on the coast — 

 Cotton, wool, and specie — The Amazons — Gnano — Finances — Litera- 

 ture — Future prospects 288 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Mr. Spruce's expedition to prociire plants and seeds of the " red bark," or 

 C. succirtibra — Mr. Pritchettin the Huanuco region, and the "grey barks " 

 — Mr. Cross's proceedings at Loxa, and collection of seeds of C. Conda- 

 minea 313 



CHAPTER XX. 



Conveyance of Chinchona-plants and Seeds from South America to 



India. 



Transmission of dried specimens — Voyages of plants in Wardian cases — 

 Arrival of plants and seeds in India — Depot at Kew — Treatment of plants 

 in AVardian cases — Effects of introduction of cliinchona-plants into India 

 on traile in South America — Neilgherry hills 3.31 



