A TOUR THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA [Illustration: CARTAGENA] A TOUR THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA :: BY A. S. FORREST :: [Illustration] WITH 145 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR LONDON: STANLEY PAUL & CO. 31 ESSEX STREET, STRAND, W.C. _First published in 1913_ THIS BOOK IS BY KIND PERMISSION DEDICATED TO SIR OWEN PHILIPPS, K.C.M.G. TO WHOSE NAME NO TRAVELLER TO SOUTH AMERICA NEEDS INTRODUCTION THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT THIS SLIGHT TRIBUTE IS DUE TO ONE WHO HAS DONE AND IS STILL DOING MUCH TO LINK UP THE OLD WORLD WITH THE VAST TERRITORIES DEALT WITH IN THE ENSUING PAGES CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. EARLY ADVENTURERS AND DISCOVERIES 17 II. THE SIGHTING OF THE PACIFIC 26 III. THE BUCCANEERS 34 IV. ON THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT 48 V. OF THE LABOURERS ON THE ISTHMUS 60 VI. CANAL PROJECTS: OLD AND NEW 72 VII. PANAMA 97 VIII. THE PANAMANIANS 104 IX. COLOMBIA AND CARTAGENA 117 X. ECUADOR 127 XI. “THE CITY OF THE KINGS” 131 XII. PERU--“THE COUNTRY OF MARVELS” 138 XIII. “THE GATEWAY TO AN IMPRISONED LAND” 149 XIV. “THE LAND OF NITRATES” 157 XV. ARGENTINA 167 XVI. THE CAMP 180 XVII. A LIVE INDUSTRY 197 XVIII. ON THE ROAD TO PARAGUAY 208 XIX. ASUNCION 226 XX. A SOUTH AMERICAN DICTATOR 240 XXI. MORE MODERN TIMES IN PARAGUAY 244 XXII. A GLANCE AT BRAZILIAN HISTORY 249 XXIII. “A CITY OF PARADISE” 263 XXIV. VIANNA 278 XXV. SOME EXCURSIONS FROM RIO 286 XXVI. SÃO PAULO 299