CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page. 



Tarma — Inca road — Juaja valley — Quichua Indians — Trade — Juaja river — Snow moun- 

 tains — Stone bridge and stone coal — Temperature of springs — Llamas — Lieutenant of 

 police — Quicksilver mines of Huancavelica — Wool growing — Molina Posta, or Country 

 tavern — Silver mines of Castro- Vireinas — Population of Huancavelica — Its mineral 

 productions — Sandstone pyramids — Chicha and chupe — A New Englander among the 

 Andes — Fruits and flowers of Huanta — Blacksmiths , I 



CHAPTER II. 



Gold and silver ornaments— Bridal trip on the Andes — Manufacturers of bark rope — Cot- 

 ton trees — Winds and currents of the mountains — Population — Cultivation — Flocks 

 of sheep — Frosty nights — Reports of Robbers — Shoemaker — Ancient fortification — In- 

 dians travelling — Condor's wings — A padre on the road — Sugar-cane patches — Spanish 

 Creoles — An African slave — Apurimac bridge — Cabbage patch — Peruvian widow — Bull 

 fight — Fish and horned cattle — Cuzco — Market place — Steamboat navigation — Eastern 

 side of the Andes — Coca plantations — Head of Madre-de-Dios — Rivers Cosnipata, 

 Tono and Pinipini — Forests — Tigers — Monkeys — Chuncho savages — View of the low- 

 lands from a peak of the Andes — Cinchona bark gatherer 27 



CHAPTER III. 



College of Sciences and Arts at Cuzco — Students — Library — Popularity of Fenimore 

 Cooper's works — Convents — Cock-pits — Procession — Condition of the Aborigines ante- 

 rior to the Incas — Manco Capac and his wife — Their language — Antiquities — Incas for- 

 tress — Worship of the planetary bodies — Suspicion of intercourse between ancient 

 civilized Asia and south Peru— Temperature of bull's blood — Reception of the prefect's 

 family — Sham fight among the Quichua Indians — Barley and corn crops — Trade — Loss 

 of Paititi — Thermal springs — Hospitality of a Cura — Lampa — Goldmines of Carabaya — 

 Lake Titicaca— Appearance of the Indians — Puno military — Niggardly soil 55 



CHAPTER IV. 



Manto silver mine — Trade — Shores of Lake Titicaca — Rush balsas— Animals— Loftiest 

 mountains — Aymara Indians — Mode of cultivation — Bottled fish — Frontier of Peru- 

 Rio Desaguedero — Rush bridge — Bolivia military and custom-house — Southeast trade- 

 winds — Tiahuanaco ruins — Evaporation and precipitation — Planting small potatoes — 

 Difficulty among postillions — City of La Paz— Population— Cinchona bark — Beni river 

 and Madeira Plate — Transit duty — Gold washings of Tipuani — Productions of Yungas — 

 Dried mutton and copper mines — Articles of the last constitution — A Bolivian lady's 

 opinion of North Americans — Illimani snow peak — Church performances of the Ay- 

 maras — Benenguela silver mines — Growth of cedar bushes .... % 



