CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Guayaquil. — First and Last Impressions. — Climate. — Commerce. — The 

 Malecon. — Glimpse of the Andes. — Scenes on the Guayas. — Bodegas. — 

 Mounted for Quito. — La Mona. — A Tropical Forest Page 25 



CHAPTER n. 



Our Tambo. — Ascending the Andes. — Camino Real. — Magnificent Views. — 

 Guaranda. — Cinchona. — The Summit. — Chimborazo. — Over the Andes, — 

 Chuquipoyo the Wretched. — Ambato. — A Stupid City. — Cotopaxi. — The 

 Vale of Machachi. — Arrival at Quito 40 



CHAPTER III. 

 Early History of Quito. — Its Splendor under the Incas. — Crushed by Spain. 

 — Dying now. — Situation. — Altitude. — Streets. — Buildings 56 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Population of Quito. — Dress. — Manners. — Character. — Commerce. — Agri- 

 culture. — Manufactures. — Arts. — Education. — ^Amusements.- Quito La- 

 dies 68 



CHAPTER V. 



Ecuador. — Extent. — Government. — Religion. — A Protestant Cemetery in 

 Quito. — Climate. — Regularity of Tropical Nature. — Diseases on the High- 

 lands 85 



CHAPTER VI. 



Astronomic Virtues of Quito. — Flora and Fauna of the Valley of Quito. — 

 Primeval Inhabitants of the Andes.— Quichua Indians 97 



CHAPTER VII. 



Geological History of South America. — Rise of the Andes. — Creation of the 

 Amazon. — Characteristic Features of the Continent. — Andean Chain. — 

 The Equatorial Volcanoes 114 



