XX Contents. 



CHAPTER vni. 



The Volcanoes of Ecuador. — Western Cordillera. — Chimborazo. — Iliniza.— 

 Corazon. — Pichincha. — Descent into its Crater Page 127 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Volcanoes of Ecuador. — Eastern Cordillera. — Imbabura. — Cayambi. — 

 Antisana. — Cotopaxi. — Llanganati. — Tunguragua. — Altar. — Sangai. 143 



CHAPTER X. 



The Valley of Quito.— Riobamba.— A Bed of "Fossil Giants. "—Chillo Ha- 

 cienda. — Otovalo and Ibarra. — The Great Earthquake of 1868 152 



CHAPTER XI. 



"The Province of the Orient," or the Wild Napo Country. — The Napos,Za- 

 paros, and Jivaros Indians. — Preparations to cross the Continent 164 



CHAPTER XII. 



Departure from Quito. — Itulcachi. — A Night in a Bread-tray. — Crossing the 

 Cordillera. — Guamani. — Papallacta. — Domiciled at the Governor's. — An 

 Indian Aristides. — Our Peon Train. — In the Wilderness 177 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Baeza. — The Forest. — Crossing the Cosanga. — Cm-i-urcu. — Archidona. — 

 Appearance, Customs, and Belief of the Natives. — Napo and Kapo Riv- 

 er 187 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Afloat on the Napo. — Down the Rapids. — Santa Rosa and its mulish Al- 

 calde. — Pratt on Discipline. — Forest Music. — Coca. — Our Craft and Crew. 

 — Storm on the Napo 200 



CHAPTER XV. 



Sea-Cows and Turtles' Eggs. — The Forest. — Peccaries. — Indian Tribes on 

 the Lower Napo. — Anacondas and Howling Monkeys. — Insect Pests. — 

 Battle with Ants. — Barometric Anomaly. — First View of the Amazon. — 

 Pebas 215 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Down the Amazon. — Steam on the Great River. — Loreto. — San Antonio. — 

 Tabatinga. — BraziHan Steamers. — Scenery on the Amazon. — Tocantins. — 

 Fonte Boa. — Ega. — Rio Negi'o. — Manaog 230 



