CONTENTS. 



TRAVELS IN PERU. 



PiiEFACfc; Page v 



CHAP TEE I. 



Discovery of Peblvian Bark. 



Tlie Countess of Chincbon — Introduction of the use of bark into Europe — 

 M. La Condaraine's first description of a chinchona-tree — J. de Jussieu — 

 Description of tlie chinclioua region — The different valuable species — The 

 discovery of quinine 1 



CHAPTEE 11. 



The Vai.iable Spectes of Chinchona-trees — their History, their Dis- 

 coverers, AND their Forests. 



I. The Loxa region and its croMJJi &ar/cs 21 



11. The "ref^-^ar/c " region, on tlie western slopes of Ciiimborazo .. .. 20 



III. The New Granada region 27 



IV. Tlie Huauuco region in Northern Peru, and its " grey harks " . . . . 30 

 V. The Calisaya region in Bolivia and Southern Peru 35 



CHAPTEE III. 



Rapid destruction of chincliona-trees in South America — Importance of their 

 introduction into other countries — M. Hasskarl's mission — Chinchona 

 plantations in Java 44 



CHAPTEE IV. 



iNTRODUOriON OF ChINCHONA-PLANTS INTO InDIA. 



Preliminary arrangements 60 



CHAPTEE V. 



Islay and Arequipa ^'•' 



