CONTENTS. 1 5 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY FROM CARTHAGENA 

 TO QUITO AND MEXICO. 



vAscent of the Rio Magdalena — Santa Fe de Bogota — Cataract of 

 Tequendama — Natural Bridges of Icononzo — Passage of Quin- 

 diu — Cargueros — Popaj'an — Quito — Cotopaxi and Chimborazo — 

 Route from Quito to Lima^Guayaquil — Mexico — Guanaxuato — 

 Volcano of Jorullo — Pyramid of Cholula, Page 276 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPAIN OR MEXICO. 



General Description of New Spain or Mexico— Cordilleras — Cli- 

 mates — Mines — Rivers — Lakes — Soil — Volcanoes — Harbours - 

 Population — Provinces — Valley of Mexico, and Description of 

 the Capital — Inundations, and Works undertaken for the Purpose 

 of preventing them, 293 



CHAPTER XXV. 



STATISTICAI. ACCOUNT OF NEW SPAIN CONTINUED. 



Agriculture of Mexico— Banana, Manioc, and Maize— Cereal 

 Plants — Nutritive Roots and Vegetables — Agave Americana — 

 Colonial Commodities — Cattle and Animal Productions, 320 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



MINES OF NEW SPAIN. 



Mining' Districts — Metalliferous Veins and Beds — Geological Re- 

 lations of the Ores — Produce of the Mines — Recapitulation.. .333 



