The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America

Chapter 24

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In Memoriam......334

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A

Barometrical Measurements across South America Page 338

APPENDIX B

Vocabularies from the Quichua, Záparo, Yágua, and Cámpas Languages 340

APPENDIX C

Commerce of the Amazon 344

ADDENDA 349

INDEX 349

ILLUSTRATIONS

Palms on the Middle Amazon _Frontispiece_ Cathedral of Guayaquil Page 27 Equipped for the Andes 37 Ascending the Andes 42 Quito from the North 61 Water-carriers 62 Street in Quito 63 Capitol at Quito 66 Indian Dwellings 78 Washerwomen 83 Ecclesiastics 88 Profiles of Ecuadorian Volcanoes 123 Crater of Pichincha 135 Humboldt in 1802 156 Ibarra 158 Napo Peon 184 Autograph of an Indian 185 Papaya-tree 202 Trapiche, or Sugar-mill 208 Our Craft on the Napo 211 Hunting Turtle-eggs 217 A Howler 223 Kitchen on the Amazon 238 Natives on the Middle Amazon 241 A Siesta 244 Santarem 250 Pará 255 Fruit-peddlers 259 Igarapé, or Canoe-path 265 Coca-plant 293 Iguana 305 Toucans 307 Brazilian Hummers Page 309 Capybara 310 Jaguar 311 Native Comb 317 Colonel Staunton _To face page_ 334 Map of Equatorial America _End._

THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON.