XX Contents. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



The Commerce of Peru. — Her Vast Possibilities. — The Present Source of 

 . her Wealth Page 430 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 

 The Silver-mines of Peru: Cerro de Pasco. — Hualguayoc. — Puno. — Chi- 

 lete. — Ancachs 440 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

 The Railways of Peru. — Henry Meiggs and his Enterprises 444 



CHAPTER XXXV. 

 The Aborigines on the Andes and the Amazons 454 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

 Game on the Amazons; or, Friends and Foes in the Animal Kingdom.. 474 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 

 The Valuable Woods in the Valley of the Amazons 488 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

 The Fruits of the Amazons, Edible and Medicinal 509 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 

 Brazilian Drugs, Dyes, Gums, and Textile Plants 522 



CHAPTER XL. 



The Palms of the "Amazons, Fan-leaved and Feathery 534 



CHAPTER XLI. 

 The Geological Structure of the Amazons Valley 551 



CHAPTER XLII. 

 On the Condors and Humming-birds of the Equatorial Andes 564 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



Cotopaxi: The First Ascent of the Great Volcano 574 



CHAPTER XLIV. 

 Medical Notes on the Upper Amazons 580 



CHAPTER XLV. 



A New Route for Tourists: Up the Amazons and over the Andes 615 



APPENDIX A. — Barometrical Measurements across South Amer- 

 ica 622 



APPENDIX B. — Vocabularies from the QufcHUA, Zaparo, Yagua, 



AND Campas Languages 624 



APPENDIX C. — Commerce of the Amazons 628 



APPENDIX D. — Hydrographical Observations 633 



INDEX 637 



