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.. 5 



CHAPTER II. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Orders — Investigation of routes — Lake Rogoaguado — Riyer 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 24 



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 43 



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— Tarma — 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 Montana— Fort San Ramon — Indians of Chan- 

 chamayo — Cultivation 65 



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CHAPTER V. 



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

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

 Boliches - ' 54 



CHAPTER VI. 



Departure from Cerro Pasco— Mint at Quinua— San Rafael— Ambo—Qui- 

 cacan — Huanuco— Cerro de Carpis — Chinchao valley — Huallaga river. 315 



