COE'TEE'TS. 



CHAPTER I. 



FROM LA GUAIRA TO CARACAS. 



First View of the Tropics. — Silla — La Guaira. — Fortifications. — Custom- 

 house " Eeasonableness." — Ascent of the Cordillera. — Picturesque 

 Scenery. — Arrival at Caracas .... Page 1 



CHAPTEK II, 



CARACAS. 



Valley of Caracas. — Site of the City. — Houses. — Cathedral. — Public Build- 

 ings. — Pulperlas. — Earthquake of 1812.— People. — Dress. — Education. 

 — ^Literature. — Eeligion. — Cemeteries .... 9 



CHAPTER III. 



EXCURSIONS ABOUT CARACAS. 



Trip to the Cave of Encantado. — Railroad. — Thunder-storm. — Petare. — A 

 Hopeful Student. — E.xperiencc at a Posada. — The Cave. — Pineapple- 

 Plant. — Calabash-Tree. — Yuca-Shrub. — Death of jlr. Wilson. — La 

 Valle.— Cerro de Avila ...... 20 



CHAPTER IV. 



VALLEYS OF ARAGUA AND VALENCIA. 



Departure from Caracas. — Scenery of the Rio Guaira. — Beautiful View 

 from Mount Higuerote. — The " Garden of Venezuela." — Victoria. — 

 Spanish Extortion. — A "Word on Mules. — Venezuelian Coaches. — Mara- 

 cai. — Castilian Etiquette. — Fast in a Stream. — Entrance into Valen- 

 cia.— The City.— Lake Tacarigua .... 30 



