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 

 INCA TOWNS— PONCHORUA— CABALLEROS— CONVOY OF SILVER— ACCOMMODATIONS- 

 EAR THQUAKE — ROUTE UP THE VALLEY OF CAXAVILLO — FACE OF COUNTRY— ST. 

 ROSA DE QUIVI— YASO— OBRAJILLO— DIFFICULTIES IN PROCURING MULES— BEAUTY 

 OF SITUATION — 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- ALP AMARC A— COMPANY OF PERUVIANS — THEIR ATTEN- 

 TIONS—PROCESS OF AMALGAMATION OF ORE — MR. BEV AN — VISIT TO THE MINE 

 —FACE OF THE MOUNTAIN — ROAD — BANOS — HOT SPRING — BEAUTY OF VALLEY- 

 VEGETATION— THREATENED ATTACK OF A CONDOR— PORTRAIT— INCIDENTS RELA- 

 TING 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— CH1CRINE— TRAVELLING 

 PARTIES— FRENCHMAN— HIS COMPLIMENTS— CULNAI— CULTIVATION — HOSPITALITY— 

 OBRAJILLO — ACCOMMODATIONS — WANT OF GALLANTRY — GUIDES— SETTLEMENT — 

 BRIDAL PARTY— YASO — ROBBERY — YANGA — HOSTESS — ANGELITA — CABALLEROS — 

 RETURN TO LIMA— BOTANICAL REVIEW— GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY 

 —FLYING-FISH SENT TO PACHACAMAC — LANDING — TEMPLE — TOWN — TOMBS— THEIR 

 CONTENTS— EMBARKATION— RETURN TO CALLAO. 



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