CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



Page. 



SHver mines of Sicasica — Productions of the Puna, or Table lands — An exile returning 

 home — Department of Oruro — Silver, copper, and tin — Climate— A chichafactorer— The 

 expedition out of Titicaca Basin, and into Madeira Plate — Department of Potosi — Pop- 

 ulation, climate, and productions — Rio Pilcomayo— Mint — Quicksilver trade — Imper- 

 fect mining operations — Smuggling of precious metals — Statistics of silver — Trade 

 with the Argentine confederation — Port of Cobija — Desert of Atacama— Eastern side 

 of the Andes — Frosty mountain tops and thermal streams — A washwoman — Cinchona 

 bark ascending to the South Pacific — Department of Cochabamba — Increase of Creoles — 

 Incas colony of Quichua Indians — Hail storm — Gardens — Fig trees — City of Cocha- 

 bamba — Hospitality of the merchants — The President of Bolivia and his cabinet — 

 Commercial proposition — Brazilian minister — President Belzu — Cavalry and infantry — 

 Armor of the Bolivian troops — Public force — Calacala gardens — Market people — Rio 

 Mamore — Legislative power — Church ceremony — Climate — A bishop's opinion of the 

 consequences of steamboat navigation — Cabinet ministers — Reception of a Farmer by 

 the President — Heavy shock of an earthquake— Sudden departure of the government— 

 Clisa fair— Trade to the Pacific coast , 121 



CHAPTER VI. 



Market place — Cinchona bark — Funeral ceremonies — Longevity — Kindness of British 

 and Brazilian ministers— French schoolmistresses — A-ncient habitations — Sucre, the 

 capital — Departments of Chuquisaca and Tarija — River Bermejo — Distribution of vege- 

 table life — Visit to Lake Uara-uara — Snowline — Balls — Theatre — Department of Santa 

 Cruz — Creole population — Daily life — Province of Chiquitos — Indians — Labors of the 

 Jesuits — Paraguay river 146 



CHAPTER VII. 



Diamonds — Animals of Chiquitos— Decree of 1837, and act of Congress — Senor Oliden's 

 voyage on the Paraguay river — Salt — Fall of trees — Descending the mountains — Mon- 

 key meat — Coca plant — Espiritu Santo — Creole workmen — A night in the wild woods — 

 Yuracares hunting — River San Mateo — Province of Yuracares 169 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Cinchona forests — Indians shooting fish — Department of the Beni — Vinchuta — Small 

 pox — Canichanas boat's crew — Cotton cloth and silver coins — Our faithful servant Jose" 

 Casas and the mules — Trade at Vinchuta — A night on Coni creek — Embarkation at 

 the base of the Andes — Chapare river — Canoe life — Floods — Bark cloth — Pick up the 

 sick — Indians at prayers in the wilderness— Lassoing an alligator 193 



CHAPTER IX. 



Pass the mouth of Chimore river — White cranes — Rio Mamore— Woodbridge's Atlas — 

 Night watch—" Masi" guard-house — Pampas— Ant-houses — Cattle — Religion — Sugar 

 cane— Fishing party of Mojos Indians— River Ybare — Pampas of Mojos — Pasture 

 lands — City of Trinidad — Prefect — Housed in Mojos — Don Antonio de Barras Cordoza — 

 Population of the Beni — Cotton Manufactures — Productions — Trade — Don Antonio's 

 Amazonian boats — Jesuits — Languages — Natural intelligence of the Aborigines — Paint- 

 ings — Cargoes of foreign goods in the plaza 218 



CHAPTER X. 



Horned cattle and horses — " Peste " — Salt trade — Church service — Bull fight — Mariano 

 Cuyaba — Rules and regulations of the town — Laws and customs of the Creoles — A walk 

 through the plaza at midnight — Scenes on the road to the town of Loreto — Annual 

 deluge — The beasts, birds, and fishes — Loreto — Inhabitants — Grove of tamarind trees — 

 Winds of the Madeira Plate — A bird-hunter— Trapiche — A black tiger burnt out— De- 

 parture in Brazilian boats — Enter the Mamore river again — An Indian overboard 210 



