PART I

COLOMBIA

CHAPTER PAGE I. BUENAVENTURA TO CALI AND THE CAUCA VALLEY 3

II. POPAYÁN AND THE CERRO MUNCHIQUE 18

III. THE ANDES SOUTHWEST OF POPAYÁN; CRUISE OF THE “CALDAS” 34

IV. CARTAGO TO THE PARAMOS OF RUIZ AND SANTA ISABEL 47

V. THE CHOCÓ COUNTRY ON THE WESTERN COAST OF COLOMBIA 64

VI. IN QUEST OF THE COCK-OF-THE-ROCK 76

VII. CROSSING THE EASTERN ANDES INTO THE CAQUETÁ 92

VIII. ACROSS THE ANTIOQUIAN GOLD-FIELDS TO PUERTO VALDIVIA ON THE LOWER CAUCA 106

IX. ASCENT OF THE PARAMILLO--COLLECTING ON THE RIO SUCIO 120