CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 Islay — Landing place — Town — Arequipanian ladies — Post-office regula- 

 tion — Notions of the captain of the port about politics, - - 345 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Pisco, from the anchorage — Landing — Ancient Pisco — Town — A ride — 

 Salinas — Commerce — Captain of the Port, 353 



CHAPTER XX. 



Guarmey — Ferrol — Samanco — ^Nepena, 358 



CHAPTER XXL 



Santa — Bathing — A prison scene — An execution, .... 369 

 CHAPTER XXIL 



Huanchaco — Balsas — Landing — Port — Road to Truxillo — The Grand Chi- 

 mu, and his war with the Incas — City of Truxillo — ''El Quipos del 

 Chimu" — A nunnery and a nun — Pacasmayo — Spinning — Ride to San 

 Pedro — A Governor — A Colonel — Hospitable reception, - - 379 



CHAPTER XXm. 



Lambayeque Roads — Derivation of the name of the Pacific — Landing — 

 San Jose — Balsa — Ride to Lambayeque — Plaza — The Capus, a dress 

 worn previous to the Conquest — A curious currency — The Church — 

 A morning visit — Chichavias — Huacas — Chicha — Gourds — Indians — 

 Town — Products — Visit Chiclayo — Factoria de Tobacos — Soap making 

 — Tanning — Palm Sunday — Return to Lambayeque — Passion week — 



Scenes at the Chicharia and Billiard room — Mode of embarking, 388 

 CHAPTER XXIV. 

 Paita — Bay— Town — Piura — Whalers — A fish story, ... 414 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 Geography of Peru — Repartimientos — Mita System — General La Mar — 

 General Gamarra, 417 



CHAPTER XXVL 



Valedictory to the south-west coast of America, and return home, - 435 



