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PAGE 



Hammocks, employed in Peru by 

 travellers, and the dangers in- 

 curred by this conveyance, . . 4l6 



Higuera, his romance entitled "Padre 

 Geronimo," supplied the matter of 

 the impostures contained in the 

 Chronicles of Flavins Dextrus, 

 Marcus the Hermit, Luis Prando, 

 &c. 314 (note) 



History, natural, of Peru, fertile in 



prodigies, () 



■ new discoveries made in, 345 



Hospitals, and benevolent establish- 

 ments in general, very numerous 



in Lima, 145 



Huacas, or pagan temples of the In- 

 dians, sacrifices formerly made in 



them, 258 



Huallaga, river of, its limits de- 

 scribed, 414 



• celerity with which it is 



navigated, 417 



I 



Idolatry not to be found among the 

 greater part of the Indians 

 inhabiu'ng the mountain- 

 ous parts of Peru, . . 273 



the nature of their belief, ibid. 



Illimani, a mountain of the first 

 magnitude, in common with the 

 greater part of the Peruvian moun- 

 tains, replete with gold and other 



metallic substances, 37 



Indian and other inhabitants of Peru, 

 particulars relative to the, 

 254, ft seq, 



the costumes, superstitions, 



and exercises, of those in- 



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habiting the mountainous 

 territories, described, . 264 

 their noble and generous 

 firmness in encountering 



dangers, exemplified, .. 431 



Chirihuanos, described, .. 310 



Insurances, reduced by the free trade, 112 

 Iron, unknown to the ancient inha- 

 bitants of Peru, 82 



J 



Jesuits, the policy they introduced 

 among the Indians, tocorredtthe 

 vicious habits of the youths, . . 423 



K . 



Knowledge, in Peru, generally dif- 

 fused, 9 



L 



lares, or household gods, those 

 worshipped by the Peruvian In- 

 dians, described, 25(| 



Llamas, or Peruvian sheep, their 

 particular pasture on the moun- 

 tains of Peru, 50 



Longevity, remarkable instance of, 389 



M 



Madness, a peculiar one, which at- 

 tacks both men and beasts in the 

 town of Tatasi, in one of the Peru- 



vian provinces, 333 



Madrid, expeditious mode of con- 

 veying a dispatch thither from 

 Lima by the newly-explored in- 

 land navigation, ^ 425 



Malquis, or dead bodies, Indian 



worship paid to them, . . . , 260 

 Manco-Capac, the founder of the 

 Peruvian empire, his cunning and 



address, 255 



Mania, 



