To all Americans both of the Northland and of the South this book with due modesty is inscribed, in the hope that by inciting to travel and acquaintance it may promote commercial intercourse, with the resulting ties of mutual benefit and respect: in the hope, too, that the slender cord now feebly entwining the various Republics may soon draw them all into more intimate relations of friendship; at last into a harmonious Sisterhood, in which neither age nor size shall confer superior rights, but mutual confidence based upon the foundations of justice shall insure perpetual peace.

The opportunity is here improved to express my grateful acknowledgment of kindly assistance and attentions of diverse character, received throughout my travels from many of my own countrymen, from Englishmen invariably interested and ready to aid, and from the ever courteous and helpful Latin Americans: officials and private individuals, with members of my own sex. As a complete list of these would be too long I permit myself the mention of those only who are entitled to especial recognition, our Minister to Bolivia, 1910-1913, the Honorable Horace G. Knowles, and the Governments of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, without whose prompt and substantial aid this work would have been impossible. That its usefulness may be such as to convey to them a valid return is my earnest aspiration.

The indulgence of critics and of tourists is sought for errors (few, I trust) and deficiencies which may be discovered. These and other faults will have crept in on account of a preparation somewhat hurried that the book might earlier be of service, and from the impossibility of securing on some points exact and adequate information, in spite of diligent investigation and careful scrutiny of facts and figures.

Many items of interest and importance have been omitted lest the book should be too long. The selection of material it is hoped will be suitable to the general reader, though doubtless every one will find topics presented to which he is indifferent and others neglected which appear to him of greater consequence.

Hours have been spent in searching for the best authority as to widely different figures and even as to varying accents and spelling. In the absence of other information a few statements have with some trepidation been copied from authors whose recognized blunders have made their unverified observations appear questionable.

While a different statement made by some other, albeit notable writer cannot be taken as conclusive evidence of error, any just criticism or suggestion presented to the author will be gratefully received and considered with a view to incorporating it in a subsequent edition.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
IWhat the Tour Is—How and When to Go—What It Costs[1]
IIThe Voyage to Panama[6]
IIIThe Isthmus—The Canal—Colon[12]
IVColon to Panama—Panama City[23]
VSteamship Lines on the West Coast—Ecuador[36]
VIOn the Way to Callao[43]
VIISalaverry, Chan Chan, Chimbote, the Huailas Valley[50]
VIIICallao to Lima—History[59]
IXLima, the City of the Kings[66]
XThe Suburbs of Lima—The Oroya Railway—Cerro de Pasco[86]
XIThe Southern Railway of Peru, Arequipa[99]
XIIThe Southern Railway—Cuzco[109]
XIIIBolivia—Cuzco to La Paz[123]
XIVThe City of La Paz[133]
XVOther Regions of Bolivia and Routes to the Sea[142]
XVIAlong the Chilian Coast, Arica to Valparaiso[154]
XVIIValparaiso[163]
XVIIISantiago[170]
XIXSantiago—Continued[179]
XXSouthern Chile—Santiago to Buenos Aires by Sea[191]
XXIAcross the Andes to Mendoza[198]
XXIIArgentina—Across the Plains to Buenos Aires[213]
XXIIIBuenos Aires[222]
XXIVBuenos Aires—Continued[238]
XXVA Side Trip to Iguassu Falls and to Paraguay, including Important Argentine Cities[257]
XXVIUruguay[272]
XXVIIBrazil—Along the Coast to Santos[286]
XXVIIISantos and São Paulo[295]
XXIXRio de Janeiro—Bay and City[306]
XXXRio de Janeiro—Continued[321]
XXXIRio de Janeiro—Concluded[330]
XXXIINorthern Brazil—Homeward[341]
XXXIIISouth American Trade[360]
Index[391]