line, I arrived at the village and railway station, whence I got a train that carried me back to comparative civilisation. INDEX Aborigines, 234, 236, 237, 238, 251, 294 Acla, 30, 32 Aconcagua, 177 Almagro, 140, 142, 161 Alonzo de Ojeda, 17, 18 Alpaca, the, 139 Amazon, the, 220, 298 Antofagasta, 157 Araucanians, 158, 161, 162, 163 Architecture (Peru), 151 Arequipa, 149, 151 Argentina, 167 Arica, 145 Armadillo, the, 183 Asuncion, 226, 231 Atahualpa, 128, 141, 142 Atrato, river, 72, 79, 80 Avenida, Beira-mar, 265, 266 “ Central (Rio), 266 “ de Mayo (Buenos Ayres), 168 Ayacusho (battle of), 153 B Bahia, 295, 296 Bahia Blanca, 170, 171 Balboa, 57 Balbao, Vasco Nuñez de, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33 Balmaceda, José, 162, 164 Barranquilla, 124 Beira-mar, Avenida, 265, 266 Belgrano, General, 241 Bello Horizonte, 288, 290 Bird life on the plains, 195 Bogota, 117, 125 Boliche (native spirit), 183 Bolivar, Simon, 117, 144, 152, 240 Bolivia, 146, 152, 154, 155 Botanical Gardens (Rio), 276 Botofogo, 265, 266 Braganza, Duke of, 255 Branding stock, 190 Brazil, war with Paraguay, 245, 249, 350 Brazilians, 255, 257, 259, 268, 269, 270 Breaking-in horses, 188 Buccaneers, 34-47 Buenos Ayres, 167-170 Bulwer-Clayton Treaty, 76 C Cabral, 252 Caliche deposits, 165 Callao, 131, 138 Camp, the, 180-196 Canal Commission, 62 “ Projects, 72-96 “ Zone, 50 Cape Frio, 253 Cartagena, 18, 40, 119, 125 Cattle Industry, 198 Chagres, 41, 45, 46 “ river, 55, 56, 86, 91, 338 Chamber of Deputies (Rio), 271 Children of the Sun, 138 Chili, 145 Chilian army in Lima, 135 Chilian nitre, 164 Chilians, the, 157 Christobal, 50 Churches in Panama, 99-102 Coca, 146 Cocaine, 146 Cochrane, Lord Thomas, 162 Coelho, Goncalo, 265 Coffee, 327-337 Colombia, 117, 125 Colon, 48, 50, 52, 53, 63 Colon (Argentina), 201-209 Columbus, Christopher, 17, 48 Concordia, 210 Condor, the (of the Andes), 175 Conquest of Peru, 142 Coquimbo, 157 Conquistadores, 20, 22, 26, 32, 117, 128, 140-143 Copacabana (Rio), 276 Corcovada, 263 Cordillera, the, 175 Corrientes, 199, 216 Cortex, 72 Corumba, 220-222 Cruces, 42, 43, 45 Culebra cutting, 54, 57 “ slides at, 94 Cullen, Dr., 78 Curious burial customs, 105 Cuyaba, 220 Cuzco, 138, 140, 149-151 D Davis, Admiral (report on Canal), 80 De Lesseps, 50, 80-84, 86-88 Deodoro, Marshal, 261, 279 Dias, Fernão, 292 Discovery of gold in Brazil, 292 Drake, Sir Francis, 120 Drysalting in Argentine, 204 Dutch in South America, 255-256 Dwellings, primitive, 22 E Early Adventurers, 17-25 Ecuador, 127-130 Estancias, 173, 203 Excursions from Rio, 286 F Fazendas, 329 Flat arch in Panama, 94, 101 Forest, a tropical, 338-350 Formosa, 224 Francia, Dr., 228, 240-243 French canal company, 83, 86, 90, 91 Frey Bentos, 200, 209 Frigorificos, 186, 200, 205 Frontin, Dr. Paul de, 274 Frozen meat trade, 204 G Galisteo, 76