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INDEX. 



have written on the subjeft of 

 Peru, their inaccuracies, . . . . l 



Specie, immense sums imported into 

 Spain from South Ame- 

 rica, after the conquest, . . 88 



its amount does not regu- 

 late the proportion of the com- 

 merce of any country, .. .. 114 



Statues and obelisks of the time of 

 the Yncas, 14 



Stones, not be met with in parti- 

 cular parts of Peru, . . . . 420 



T 



Tarija, industry of the females re- 

 siding in the valley of that name, 328 

 Tennis-court at Lima, .. .. 2l6 

 Theatre, description of that of Lima, 211 

 Tiger, the mode adopted by the 

 Peruvian Indians, in catching this 



animal, 421 



Trade, free, established in 1778, 

 but not a6ted on until 1783, its 

 etFe6t in overstocking Peru with 



merchandizes, lOp 



. Travellers, the fables they have in- 

 vented relative to Peru, . . . . 264 



U 



Ucayali, a celebrated river, de- 

 scribed, 427 



— — the errors which have been 

 entertained respedting it, pointed 

 out, Hid, 



University of St. Mark of Lima, its 



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foundation, progress, and 

 present state, .. l63,etseq. 



the sacrifices made by 



Its members when the English 

 invaded the port of Guayaquil in 



1709, 173 



Usti, or short cotton shirt, worn by 

 the savage Indians, . . . . 269 



V 



Velasco, Pedro Fernandez, disco- 

 vered the mode of refining silver 

 by an amalgamation with mer- 

 cury, 66 



Vessels, commercial, belonging to 

 the port of Callao, enumeration 

 of, 95 



Virgins of the Sun, 256 



Viloc, delightful valley of, its repo- 

 pulation, 349 



W 



Water, the immense supplies re- 

 ceived by the ocean from the 

 Andes mountains, 31 



Wool, commerce of, why it can- 

 not flourish in Peru, . . , . 102 



Y 



Yncas, or ancient raonarchs of Peru, 



their wise policy, . . . . 256 



• ' - notions of the Supreme 

 Being entertained by one of them, 257 



Yuca, how cultivated by the In- 

 dians, 284 



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