“Braving the dangers of a land where throat-cutting is a popular pastime, and earthquakes and fevers more or less yellow, and vermin more or less venomous are amongst the indigenous comforts of the soil, a German, of high reputation as a naturalist and man of letters, has devoted four years of a life valuable to science to a residence and travels in the most interesting districts of South America, the ancient empire of the Incas, the scene of the conquests and cruelties of Francisco Pizarro.”
Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries.
IN THE WEST.
California and Oregon Trail,
Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.
BY FRANCIS PARKMAN, JR.
With Illustrations by Darley. 12 mo. cloth, $1 25.
“Written with the genuine inspiration of untamed nature.”—Tribune.
“A lively and well written account of divers adventures on mountains and plains, deserts and rivers in the Indian Country.”—Churchman.
“A series of graphic and apparently reliable sketches.”—Albion.
“Agreeably designed and ably executed.”—Home Journal.