xiv CONTENTS. 



PART VI. 



INDIAN AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF PERU. 



PAGE 



Essay on the false Religion, and superstitious Customs, of the Peruvian Indians, 254 

 Account of the Costumes, Superstitions, and Exercises, of the Indians of the 



Pampa del Sacramento, and Andes Mountains of Peru, 264 



Account of the Public Congregations of the Negroes residing in the distridl: of 



Lima, 291 



PART VII. 

 TOPOGRAPHY. 



Historical and chorographical description of the province of Chichas y Tarija, 304 

 Plan for gaining access to, and peopling, the Andes Mountains of the province 



of Guamalies, 337 



Repopulation of the valley of Vitoc, ^ 349 



PART VIII. 



MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS OF LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY. 



Periodical Works, 357 



Political Economy, 364 



Biography, 378 



Longevity, 389 



Meteorology, 390 



APPENDIX. 



History of the Missions of Caxamarquilla, with the origin and loss of those 

 of Manoa, 403 



Peregrination, by the river Huallaga to the lake of Gran Cocama, in 1790, .... 411 



Peregrination, by the rivers Maranon and Ucayali, to the Manoa tribes, in 

 1791, 427 



Entrances of the Missionaries into the mountainous territories of Peru, since 

 the conquest, 444 



Itinerary from Chavin to Chicoplaya, „.; , „ 471 



THE 



