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| Chap. I.—Farm of Vinto, Cattle, Grain, &c....FirstWheat in Peru....Tapiales, Fences....Trees, Shrubs,and Plants....Fruit....Animals....Birds....Fish....Appearance of the Villages....Balsas....IndianFeast....Indian Burial....Paramonga....Palace of Fortalice | [1] |
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| Chap. II.—Visit to Caxatambo....Roads....Manner ofTravelling....Village of Ocros....Cura of Ditto....Indians....Road toChiquian....Town of Chiquian....Crimes....Mining Laws....Method of working theOres....Frauds in Plata Pina....Taonas and Ingenios....Caxatambo....Repartimientos....Manufactures....Inhabitants....Amusements....Road from Caxatambo,Cuesta....Farm House and Family....Town of Huaras....Productions of Huailas....Manufactures of Ditto....Huaras,excellent Mercantile Situation....Province ofConchucos....Produce, &c....Mines....Oca....Medicinal Plants....Character of Inhabitants....Processionof St. Peter....Localities in the Province....Enter Huamalies....Productions....Coca....CharquisCinchona....Mines....Eagle Stones....Fruits....Mulitas and Quiriquineihos....Characterof Inhabitants....Death of the Inca represented....Observations | [24] |
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| Chap. III.—General Mode of Travelling from Lima to thedifferent Provinces....British Manufactures fit for thelast Provinces visited....General Character of the Inhabitants....Animals in the Provinces of Huailas, Caxatambo,Conchucos, and Huamalies....Pagi or Puma....Ucumari....Viscacha....Comadreja....Ardillas....GatoMontes....Alco....Llama.... Paco....Huanaco....Vicuna....Mulita....Birds....Condor....VegetableProductions....Mineral Ditto....Antiquities....Diseases and Remedies....Hydrophobia | [75] |
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| Chap. IV.—Travels to the North of Lima....Village ofPativilca....Of Huarmey....Of Casma....Cotton Mill....Santa....River Santa....Nepena....Farmof Motocachi....Vineyard....Port of Santa....Tambo de Chao....Viru....Truxillo....Itinerarybetween Lima and Truxillo....Description of Truxillo....Building....Inhabitants....Climate....Commerce....Jurisdiction....Arms....Plainde Chimu....Huaca de Toledo....Tradition of....Huanchaco Port....Valleys of Chimu, Chicama, andViru....Productions....Road to Caxamarca....Contumasa....Magdalena....Gold Mines....Viewof Caxamarca....Origin of Name of....Description of....Buildings....Inhabitants....Arts and Manufactures of....Visit toSan Pablo....Market of Caxamarca....Trade of....Hot Baths....Description of | [107] |
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| Chap. V.—Historical Sketch of Caxamarca, Huaina Capac,Huascar Inca, and Atahualpa....Arrival of Pizarro atTumpis....At Caxamarca....Spanish Embassy....Harangue of Soto....Answer of Atahualpa....Visit ofAtahualpa to Pizarro....Discourse of Friar VicenteValverde, to Atahualpa....Answer of Atahualpa....Imprisonment of....Offered Ransom of....Cause of theJealousy of Pizarro....Arrivals of Treasure....Accusation,for the Trial of Atahualpa....Sentence, Baptism,Execution, and Burial of....Interesting Remains in Caxamarca | [142] |
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| Chap. VI.—Province of Caxamarca....Manufactures, Mines....Village de Jesus....Hawking....Farmof Lagunilla....Inga Tambo....Village of San Marcos....Feast....Wedding....Village of Ichocan....Mineof Gualgayoc....Return to the Coast....Village of Chocope....OfSan Pedro....Of Las Lagunas....Of Monsefu....Townof Lambayeque....Inhabitants, Buildings, New Altar....Manufactures, Soap, Cordovans, Cotton Goods,Sweetmeats....Fruits, Grain, Pulse....Vegetables....Market....Algarroba, Carob Tree....Villageof Eten....Of Morrope....Simarones....Desert of Sechura....Town of Sechura....Cityof Piura....Inhabitants, Buildings....Mules....Manufactures....Climate....Effecton Syphilis....Commerce....Port of Paita....Excellent Situation for an Astronomical Observatory | [166] |
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| Chap. VII.—Leave Lima for Guayaquil....Amortajado....Puna....Arrivalof the Spaniards, and Conquest of....Village of....Inhabitants....Passage up the RiverGuayaquil....Punta de Arena....Guayaquil....Foundation pand Description of....Buildings....Inhabitants....Amusements....Market....Fruit....Climate....Insectsand Reptiles....Dock Yard....Project of Sawing Mills....Balsa, Description of....Navigationof....Canoes....Merchants of Guayaquil | [199] |
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| Chap. VIII.—Productions of the Province of Guayaquil....Cocoa....Cultivation....Harvest....Tobacco....Timber....Salt....Cattle....MinorArticles of Trade....Turbines found at Santa Elena....Large Bones, &c....Animals,Perico, Ligero....Monkeys....Iguanas....Toucanes....Trompeteros....Snakes....Curiquinqui,Snake-eater....Huaco, Antidote for the Bite of Snakes....Lagartos, Alligators, Description of....Methods ofKilling....Fishermen....Mineral Productions | [227] |
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| Chap. IX.—Journey from Guayaquil to Quito....BabaoyoRoad to Chimbo....Cuesta de San Antonio....Arrivalat Huaranda....Triumphal Arch and Harangue....Description of Huaranda and Provinceof Chimbo....Chimboraso....Accident at la Ensillada....Road toSan Juan....Obrage of Indians....Arrival at Riobamba....Description of....Remains ofOld Riobamba....Visit to an old Cacique....Province of Riobamba....Road to Ambato....Descriptionof....Produce....Arrival of Tacunga....Description of....Earthquakesat....Ruins of Callo....Provincial Produce....Arrivalat Chisinchi, Ensillada, and Quito....Remarks | [257] |
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| Chap. X.—Quito, Foundation and Situation....Plasa Mayor....President's Palace, Bishop'sPalace and Cathedral....Parishes....Convents and Public Buildings....Jesuit'sCollege....Convent of San Francisco....San Diego....Santa Prisca....Santa Clara....University....Collegeof San Luis....Of San Fernando....Houses....Government....Nobility....Population....WhiteCreoles....Occupation and Education....Character of....MestisosPersons, Character, Employment....Dress of Creoles....Of Mestisos....Of Indians....Diversions, Bull-fightand Masquerade....Dancing....Music....ReligiousProcession....Market, Meat, Fruit and Vegetables....Spirituous Liquors....Ices,Confectionary....Cheese....Trade and Commerce | [279] |
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| Chap. XI.—Visit of the Academicians to Quito in 1736....Inscription left by....Climateof Quito....View of Mountains at....Description of Chimboraso....OfCayambe-urcu....Of Antisana....Of Cotopaxi....OfPichincha....Of El Altar....Description of the fertilityof the Valleys....Mines....Ruins of Temples, Palaces,and Fortified Places....Account of the Indians....Of Commerce | [320] |
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| Chap. XII.—Villa of Ibarra, Description....Villa of Otavala,Description....Lakes San Pablo and Cuicocha....Visitto the River Mapo....Gold Mines on the Banks of....Indians pay their Tribute inGold....Bæza, the Capital of the District....Description of the Inhabitants, &c....Commissionedby the Government to explore a Road from the Capital to the nearest Point of the Coast....Maldonado'sRoad....Leave Quito....Cross the Skirts of Pichincha, arrive at the River Piti....Description ofthe Country....Description of Piti....Proceed to Esmeraldas....Description of the Riverof Jaguar....Houses, Plantations, Cattle....Method of Distilling Rum....Food of theInhabitants....Saino Tatabra, and Aguti,or Huatus....Monkey and Charapa....Method ofKilling Game with the Sorbetana and Poisoned Pua | [346] |
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| Chap. XIII.—Continuation of Esmeraldas; Fish caught inthe River....Chautisa, method of taking....Preservingof....Method of catching Fish in the River....OfCooking it....Yucas, Camotes, Yams....Palmettos....Tobacco....Cocoa....Newvariety of....Occupation of the Esmeraldenos....Origin of....Language....Dress....Mannersand Character of....Religion....Re-ascend the Esmeraldas River, to the Embarcadero deMaldonado....Mouth of the River....City of Esmeraldas....Road to Atacames....Portof....Town of....Manzanillo....Rio Verdo....La Tola....CountryProduce, Timber, and Wood....Coutchouc....FruitPalms....Animals....Mines....Conclusion | [379] |
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| Chap. XIV.—Visit to Cayapas....Village....Inhabitants....Houses andFurniture....Visit to the Malabas, Wild Indians....Arrival at the Vijia....Interview withthe Cacique, Family of.... Tribe of the Malabas....Tradition of the Origin of....Dressof....Manners....Laws....Return to Cayapas....Visit Tumaco....Descriptionof....Barbacoas....Description of....GoldMines....Manner of Working them....Leave theCoast, Malbucho Road....River Mira....Puentes deMaroma, and Taravitas....Piquigua....Arrive atIbarra, and return to Rio Verde and Esmeraldas....Ascendthe River Quinindi....Boa Constrictors....SantoDomingo de los Colorados....Indians....Dress....Houses....FoodCocaniguas....Quito | [408] |