CHAPTER II.

Gold and silver ornaments—Bridal trip on the Andes—Manufacturers of bark rope—Cotton trees—Winds and currents of the mountains—Population—Cultivation—Flocks of sheep—Frosty nights—Reports of Robbers—Shoemaker—Ancient fortification—Indians travelling—Condor's wings—A padre on the road—Sugar-cane patches—Spanish Creoles—An African slave—Apurimac bridge—Cabbage patch—Peruvian widow—Bull fight—Fish and horned cattle—Cuzco—Market place—Steamboat navigation—Eastern side of the Andes—Coca plantations—Head of Madre-de-Dios—Rivers Cosnipata, Tono and Piñipiñi—Forests—Tigers—Monkeys—Chuncho savages—View of the lowlands from a peak of the Andes—Cinchona bark gatherers. 27