CONTENTS 
CHAPTER XV 
FROM BARRA DO RIO NEGRO TO TARAPOTO, PERU 
PAGE 
Voyage up the Solimoes — Floating trees — River Purus — Sao 
• Paulo — The forest — Notes on vegetation — Tabatinga — 
Loreto — ^Novel vegetation — Cochiquina — -Iquitos — Nauta, 
where detained two weeks — San Regis — Parinari — A 
Zambo Governor — Urarinas — ^A peccary hunt — Enter the 
Huallaga — La Laguna — First view of the Andes— Yuri- 
maguas described — An excellent priest — The officials- 
Industry — Up the Huallaga — Hot-water streams — -Rapids 
— Curi-yacu — Chasuta — -Detained two days — Difficult 
rapids — Picturesque scenery — New plants — Chapaja — 
Enter the Mayo river — The Cumbasa river — Juan Guerra 
the port for Tarapoto — Letter to Mr. Teasdale, a personal 
and social account of the voyage — Letter to Mr. G. 
Bentham, a tragic incident — To Mr. Teasdale, end of the 
journey . . ■ . . . . i 
CHAPTER XVI 
RESIDENCE AT TARAPOTO : EXPLORATION OF THE EASTERN 
ANDES OF PERU 
Spruce's house and garden— Indian village of Cumbasa — A 
pleasant scene — The country around Tarapoto — Flowering 
trees and shrubs — ^The banks of the Shillicaio — Night- 
blooming trees — Situation of the town — Lamas, the oldest 
town — Moyobamba — Climate — Northern plants in the 
mountains — Letter to Mr. Bentham — Interesting vegetation 
V 
