TRAVELS IN PERU.

[Preface].Page v
[CHAPTER I].
Discovery of Peruvian Bark.
The Countess of Chinchon—Introduction of the use of bark into Europe—M. La Condamine's first description of a chinchona-tree—J. de Jussieu—Description of the chinchona region—The different valuablespecies—The discovery of quinine1
[CHAPTER II].
The Valuable Species of Chinchona-trees—their History, theirDiscoverers, and their Forests.
I. The Loxa region and its crown barks[21]
II. The "red-bark" region, on the western slopes of Chimborazo[26]
III. The New Granada region[27]
IV. The Huanuco region in Northern Peru, and its "grey barks"[30]
V. The Calisaya region in Bolivia and Southern Peru[35]
[CHAPTER III].
Rapid destruction of chinchona-trees in South America—Importanceof their introduction into other countries—M. Hasskarl's mission—Chinchona plantations in Java44
[CHAPTER IV].
Introduction of Chinchona-plants into India.
Preliminary arrangements60
[CHAPTER V].
Islay and Arequipa69
[CHAPTER VI].
Journey across the Cordillera to Puno88
[CHAPTER VII].
Lake Titicaca.
The Aymara Indians—Their antiquities—Tiahuanaco—Coati—Sillustani—Copacabana108
[CHAPTER VIII].
The Peruvian Indians.
Their condition under Spanish colonial rule117
[CHAPTER IX].
Narrative of the insurrection of José Gabriel Tupac Amaru, the lastof the Incas134
[CHAPTER X].
Diego Tupac Amaru—Fate of the Inca's family—Insurrection of Pumacagua158
[CHAPTER XI].
Journey from Puno to Crucero, the capital of Caravaya180
[CHAPTER XII].
The Province of Caravaya.
A short historical and geographical description199
[CHAPTER XIII].
Caravaya—The valley of Sandia216
[CHAPTER XIV].
Coca cultivation232
[CHAPTER XV].
Caravaya.
Chinchona forests of Tambopata240
[CHAPTER XVI].
General remarks on the chinchona-plants of Caravaya267
[CHAPTER XVII].
Journey from the Forests of Tambopata to the Port of Islay.
Establishment of the plants in Wardian cases275
[CHAPTER XVIII].
Present Condition and Future Prospects of Peru.
Population—Civil wars—Government—Constitution—General Castilla andhis ministers—Dr. Vigil—Mariano Paz Soldan—Valleys on the coast—Cotton,wool, and specie—The Amazons—Guano—Finances—Literature—Futureprospects288
[CHAPTER XIX].
Mr. Spruce's expedition to procure plants and seeds of the "red bark," orC. succirubra—Mr. Pritchett in the Huanuco region, and the "grey barks"—Mr.Cross's proceedings at Loxa, and collection of seeds of C. Condaminea313
[CHAPTER XX].
Conveyance of Chinchona-plants and Seeds from South America to India.
Transmission of dried specimens—Voyages of plants in Wardian cases—Arrivalof plants and seeds in India—Depôt at Kew—Treatment of plantsin Wardian cases—Effects of introduction of chinchona-plants into Indiaon trade in South America—Neilgherry hills331