CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Page. 



United States ship Vandalia — Valparaiso — Santiago — Vicente Pazos — Pre- 

 paratory orders — Lima — Means of information — Conquests of the Incas 

 in the Montana — First exploration of the Spaniards— Madame Godin.. 1 



CHAPTER II. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Orders — Investigation of routes — Lake Rogoaguado — River Beni — Chan- 

 chamayo — Cuzco route — River Madre-de-Dios — Gold mines of Cara- 

 baya — Route through the cities of Truxillo, Caxamarca, Chachapoyas, 

 Moyobamba, &c. — Preparations for the journey — The start 20 



CHAPTER III. 



Passports — Means of defence — The road — Pacayar — Chaclacayo — Narrow 

 pass — Yanacoto — Bridge — Cocachacra — Tribute money — Dividing line 

 between the coast and the Sierra — Moyoc — Varieties of the potato — 

 Matucana — San Mateo — Mines of Parac — Narrow valley — Summit of the 

 Cordillera — Reflections 39 



CHAPTER IV. 



Mines of Morococha — A Yankee's house — Mountain of Puypuy — Splendid 

 view — Pachachaca — Lava stream — Chain bridge at Oroya — Descent into 

 the valley of Tarma — Tamia — American physician — Customs — Dress — 

 Religious observances — Muleteers and mules — General Otero — Farming 

 in the Sierra — Road to Chanchamayo — Perils of travel — Gold mines of 

 Matichacra — View of the Montaifa — Fort San Ramon — Indians of Chan- 

 chamayo — C ultivation , Gl 



CHAPTER V. 



Division of the party — Acobaraba — Plain of Junin — Lake Chinchaycocha — 

 Preservation of potatoes— Cerro Pasco — Drainage of the mines — 

 Boliches 90 



