Category: Travel Writing

Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results

Farm of Vinto, Cattle, Grain, &c....First Wheat in Peru...._Tapiales_, Fences....Trees, Shrubs, and Plants....Fruit....Animal....Birds, Fish....Appearance of the Villages...._Balsas_....Indian Feast....Indian Burial....Paramonga....Palace or Fortalice.

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I.

Farm of Vinto, Cattle, Grain, &c....First Wheat in Peru...._Tapiales_, Fences....Trees, Shrubs, and Plants....Fruit....Animal....Birds, Fish....Appearance of the Villages...._Ba...

2. CHAPTER II.

Visit to Caxatambo....Roads....Manner of Travelling....Village of Ocros....Cura of Ditto....Indian....Road to Chiquian....Town of Chiquian....Crimes....Mining Laws....Method of...

3. CHAPTER III.

General Mode of Travelling from Lima to the different Provinces.... British Manufactures fit for the last Provinces visited....General Character of the Inhabitants....Animals in...

4. CHAPTER IV.

Travels to the North of Lima....Village of Pativilca....Of Huarmey....Of Casma....Cotton Mill....Santa....River Santa.... Nepeña....Farm of Motocachi....Vineyard....Port of Sant...

5. CHAPTER V.

Historical Sketch of Caxamarca, Huaina Capac, Huascar Inca, and Atahualpa....Arrival of Pizarro at Tumpis....At Caxamarca.... Spanish Embassy....Harangue of Soto....Answer of At...

6. CHAPTER VI.

Province of Caxamarca....Manufactures, Mines....Village de Jesus ....Hawking....Farm of Lagunilla....Inga Tambo....Village of San Marcos....Feast....Wedding....Village of Ichoca...

7. CHAPTER VII.

Leave Lima for Guayaquil...._Amortajado_....Puná....Arrival of the Spaniards, and Conquest of....Village of....Inhabitant....Passage up the River Guayaquil...._Punta de Arena_.....

8. CHAPTER VIII.

Productions of the Province of Guayaquil, Cocoa....cultivation.... Harvest....Tobacco....Timber....Salt....Cattle....Minor Articles of Trade...._Turbines_ found at Santa Elena.....

9. CHAPTER IX.

Journey from Guayaquil to Quito....Babaoyo....Road to Chimbo.... _Cuesta de San Antonio_....Arrival at Huaranda....Triumphal Arch and Harangue....Description of Huaranda and Pro...

10. CHAPTER X.

Quito, Foundation and Situation....Plasa Mayor....President's Palace, Bishop's Palace and Cathedral....Parishes....Convents and Public Buildings....Jesuit's College....Convent o...

11. CHAPTER XI.

Visit of the Academicians to Quito in 1736....Inscription left by....Climate of Quito....View of Mountains at....Description of Chimboraso....Of Cayambe urcu....Of Antisana....O...

12. CHAPTER XII.

Villa of Ibarra, Description.....Villa of Otavalo, Description.... Lakes San Pablo and Cuicocha....Visit to the River Mapo....Gold Mines on the Banks of....Indians pay their Tri...

13. CHAPTER XIII.

Continuation of Esmeraldas, Fish caught in the River...._Chautisa_, method of taking....Preserving of....Method of catching Fish in the River....Of Cooking it....Yucas, Camotes,...

14. CHAPTER XIV.

Visit to Cayapas....Village....Inhabitants....Houses and Furniture ....Visit to the Malabas, Wild Indians....Arrival at the Vijia.... Interview with the Cacique, Family of....Tr...