CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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Voyage across the Atlantic — Barbadoes — ^Jamaica — Isthmus of 

 Panama — Buenaventura, tropical forest — Guayaquil and the 

 river Guayas — Payta — The rainless zone of Peru — Voyage to 

 Callao ... ... ... ... ... ... I 



CHAPTER n. 



Arrival at Callao — Quarantine — The war between Chili and Peru — 

 Aspect of Lima — General Lynch — Andean railway to Chicla — 

 Valley of the Rimac — Puente Infernillo — Chicla — Mountain- 

 sickness — Flora of the Temperate zone of the Andes — Excursion 

 to the higher region — Climate of the Cordillera — Remarks on 

 the Andean flora — Return to Lima — ^Visit to a sugar-plantation 

 — Condition of Peru — Prospect of anarchy .. . ... ... 56 



CHAPTER III. 



Voyage from Callao to Valparaiso — Arica — Tocopilla — Scenery of 

 the moon — Caldera — Aspect of North Chili — British Pacific 

 squadron — Coquimbo — Arrival at Valparaiso — Climate and 

 vegetation of Central Chili — Railway journey to Santiago — 

 'Aspect of the city — Grand position of Santiago — Dr. Philippi — 

 Excursion to Cerro St. Cristobal — Don B. Vicuna Mackenna 

 — Remarkable trees — Excursion to the baths of Cauquenes — 

 The first rains — Captive condors — -Return to Santiago — Glorious 

 .sunset ... ... ... .. ... .118 



