INDEX. 



479 



PACE 



Cross, a. wooden one found in the 

 province of Chichas y Tarija, ap- 

 parently gave rise to the tradi- 

 tion of South America having 

 been visited by St. Thomas the 



Apostle, 3i3 



Cucipatas, or priests of the sun, 256 

 Customs and manners of the inha- 

 bitants of Lima, 210 



D 



Devastations committed by Gonzalo 

 Pizarro, and Carvajal, on the mo- 

 numents of the Yncas, . . 13 note 



DiSlionary, biographical, French, 

 its partiality complained of, . . 384 



Discourse, eloquent, of the bishop 

 of Quito, at the foundation of 

 the economical society of that 

 city, 369 



Diversions, public, at Lima, .. 211 



Dogs, small, a particular species 

 of, said to illumine the Plain 

 of the Sacrament on the darkest 

 nights, 412 



Domestic economy, sketch of, in 

 Lima, 247 



Dream, allegorical, a satire on the 

 Peruvian females, 224 



Dress, whatever relates to, much 

 diminished in price since an 

 unrestrained commerce has 

 been allowed in Peru, ., 112 

 worn by the Peruvian ladies, 229 



E 



Earthquake, which occurred to- 

 wards the close of the seventeenth 

 century, dreadful effects of, . . 96 



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Earthquakes, in vh^t light consi- 

 dered by the Indians, 274 



recent ones in Peru, 393 



Eclipses, whimsical notions of the 



Indians relative to, 26l 



Establishments, benevolent, in Lima, 



account of, lyy, et seq. 



Extent of the Peruvian territory 



since the dismemberment of the 



viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres, . . 2 



F 



Faldellin, or short hoop petticoat 



of the Peruvian ladies, described, 229 

 Females, repentant, asylum for, in 



Lima, 194 



- the vicissitudes to which it 



has been subjefted, . . I96 



its subsequent permanent 



establishment, 197 



Fire, much dreaded by the Indians 



of Peru, 261 



Fisheries on the coasts of Peru, ex- 

 clusively followed by the Indians, 8 

 Fountain in the great square of 

 Lima, description of, . . . . 203 



G 



Galvex, Don Juan de, his success- 

 ful efforts to re-people the valley 

 of Vitoc, 352 



Geography, physical, of Peru, .. 19 



Giants, dissertation on, with an 

 account of two, Basilio Huay- 

 las, and Pedro Cana, natives of 

 Peru, 53 



Guamalies, province of, plan for 

 peopling the mountains in its vi- 

 cinity, 337 



Hammocks, 



