CHAPTER XIII. 
CONTENTS. 
A PARTY FOR THE INTERIOR — PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY — PASSPORTS— MR. 
BIGGS — DEPARTURE — EFFECT OF OFFICIAL PAPERS— FACE OF COUNTRY — RUINS OF 
INC A TOWNS — PONCHORUA — C A BALLEROS — CONVOY OF SILVER — ACCOMMODATIONS — 
EARTHQUAKE— ROUTE UP THE VALLEY OF CAXAVILLO— FACE OF COUNTRY— ST. ROSA 
DE QUIVI— YASO— OBRAJILLO— DIFFICULTIES IN PROCURING MULES— BEAUTY OF SITUA- 
TION — LLAMAS — RIOTERS — PLUNDERING OF INHABITANTS — CULNAI — LA VINDA — 
VEGETATION— MULETEERS ENCOUNTERED— REACH THE CREST OF THE CORDILLERAS— 
CASA CANCHA— ITS ACCOMMODATIONS— COOKING RANGE— SICKNESS OF PARTY-SNOW- 
STORM— ALPAMARCA— COMPANY OF PERUVIANS — THEIR ATTENTIONS — PROCESS OF 
AMALGAMATION OF ORE— MR. BEVAN— VISIT TO THE MINE— FACE OF THE MOUNTAIN- 
ROAD— B A NOS-HOT SPRING— BEAUTY OF VALLEY— VEGETATION— THREATENED ATTACK 
OF A CONDOR— PORTRAIT— INCIDENTS RELATING TO IT— DESCRIPTION OF BANOS— ITS 
HABITATIONS— STATE OF HORSES— RETURN TO CASA CANCHA-CHILIAN CONVOY FROM 
PASCO-PASCO— MINES— VEINS OF ORE— NUMBER OF MINES IN OPERATION — LAWS IN 
RELATION TO SILVER MINED— DUTIES— HILL OF RACO— NEW SPECULATIONS IN 1840— 
DIFFICULTIES IN PURCHASING MINES — THE POLITICAL STATE OF THE COUNTRY 
ADVERSE TO THIS BUSINESS — TEMPERATURE — BEAUTY OF SITUATION OF CASA 
CANCHA — THEIR DEPARTURE ON THEIR RETURN — LINE OF PERPETUAL SNOW — 
AMMONITE — CHICRINE — TRAVELLING PARTIES — FRENCHMAN — HIS COMPLIMENTS — 
CULNAI — CULTIVATION — HOSPITALITY — OBRAJILLO — ACCOMMODATIONS — WANT OF 
GALLANTRY— GUIDES — SETTLEMENT — BRIDAL PARTY — YASO — ROBBERY — YANG A — 
HOSTESS— A NGELITA-CABALLEROS— RETURN TO LIMA- BOTANICAL REVIEW— GEOLOGI- 
CAL CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY— FLYING-FISH SENT TO PACHACAMAC— LANDING- 
TEMPLE— TOWN— TOMBS— THETR CONTENTS— EMBARKATION— RETURN TO CALLAO. 
