I N B E X. 



AGRICULTURE of Peru, econo- 

 mical views rela- 

 tive to the, . . 8 



■ the impediments 



to which it is subjefted, . . . . 85 

 Alameda, or public walk of Lima, 

 the most fashionable resort of the 

 inhabitants, .. .. ,, 218 

 Amancaes, river, the banks of, a 

 favourite promenade of the inha- 

 bitants of Lima, 217 



Anna Rosa, a young Indian female, 

 her conversion, and 

 the services render- 

 by her to the mis- 

 sionaries, . . . , 407 



' becomes the chief of 



her tribe, , . 436 



Apologue, historical, on the corrup- 

 tion of the Roman colonies in 

 Africa — a satire on the manners 

 of the Peruvians, . . . . , , 219 

 Aquedudis, &.C, their origin, . . 208 



made by the Yncas, 16 



Astronomy, cultivated by the Yncas, 18 

 Atahualpa, Juan Santos, an enter- 

 prising Peruvian, who traced his 

 descent from the ancient Yncas j 

 his rebellion,, 350, and . . . . 453 



B 



Balsas, or Indian rafts, describedj 465 



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Banh and public funds, observa- 

 tions on, i]4 



Banking-houses, a recent establish- 

 ment at Lima, . . . . . . 144 



Bark, Peruvian, see Cinchona, 

 Beard, the painful mode employed 

 by a particular nation of Indians, 

 to rid themselves of this super- 

 fluity, 433 



Bees, in Peru, of a small species, 

 and divested of stings ; the mode 

 they employ in forming their 



hives, 421 



Bol'ota, or Indian flute, , . . . 432 

 Bohorqiiez, Francisco, his reveries 

 relative to the fabulous empire 



of Enim, 265 



Bomlon, pampas, or plains of, their 



temperament, 3 



Botany, historical sketch of its pre- 

 sent state in Peru, 43 



great acquirements made 



by the Indians in that 

 science, under the Yncas, il'uL 

 • their tenacity in conceal- 

 ing their knowledge, . . . . 44 

 Botanical expedition to Peru, un- 

 dertaken in ] 778, 46 

 another, un- 

 der Don Alexandro Malespina, 



in 1790, 47 



Bread, premium offered for a good 



quality 



