INDEX. 



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FACE 



quality of, by the patriotic bishop 



of Quito, 368 



Buildings, public, in Lima, . . igg 

 ' have been much under- 

 rated by historians, . . . . ibid. 

 Bull-feasts at Lima, account of, 217 

 Burial of the dead in churches ; its 

 noxious effedts praftically demon- 

 strated, 375 



C 



Canoes, dexterity of the Indians in 

 navigating them, 285 



" ' how, and with what labour, 

 constru6ted, 433 



Castillo, Francisco del, a blind poet 

 of Lima; his surprising attain- 

 ments, 384 



Caxamarquilla, province of. Its de- 

 scription, 404 



Cayman, a species of crocodile, how 

 destroyed by the tiger, . . . . 432 



Charity, monastery and hospital of, 

 at Lima, 188 



Charles, the French aeronaut, did 

 not soar, in his balloon, higher 

 than the more elevated parts of 

 Peru, 32 



Chart of the river Huallaga, pub- 

 lished at Lima, 414 



Chicha, a favourite beverage of the 

 Indians of Peru, 258 



Chichas y Tarija, province of, its 

 historical and chorographical de- 

 scription, 304 



Chimlorazo, the stupendous moun- 

 tain of, gives to the |.endulum a 

 divergence of seven seconds and 

 a half from the iine, . . . . 37 



Cholones Indians, account of, . . 406 

 Cinchona, or quina trees, discover- 

 ed in abundance in a hitherto un- 

 explored part of Peru, . . . . 340 

 Coca, a herb possessing highly in- 

 vigorating qualities, . . . . 258 

 Cock-matches, a favourite diversion 

 of the inhabitants of 



Lima, 215 



- the building erefted 

 for this purpose described, . . ibid. 

 Coffee-houses, but recently esta- 

 blished in the Peru- 

 vian capital, . . 144 

 ' their police regula- 

 tions, &c 2IS 



Coffee-shrub, discovery of, in Peru, 

 49 ( note) 



Commerce of Peru, the oppression 

 under which 

 it formerly la- 

 boured, . . 4 



—————— historical and 



political dis- 

 sertation on, . . 81 



■ its amount, in 

 exports and imports, as it is car- 

 ried on by the viceroyalty of 

 Lima with the other parts of 

 Peru, 101 



Company, commercial of the Phi- 

 lippine islands, 117 



Copper-money, contemned by the 

 natives of South America, .. 115 



Cotton, cannot be profitably culti- 

 vated in Peru, as an objeA of 

 exportation, 129 



Councils, provincial, of Lima, his- 

 torical details relative to, .. 156 



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