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Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3): Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results — John Shaqi

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Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3): Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results

Name: Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3): Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results
Author: Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

Chile -- Description and travel; Ecuador -- Description and travel; Peru -- Description and travel; Peru -- History -- War of Independence, 1820-1829; South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830

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[Illustration: YUMBO INDIAN. INDIAN OF THE COLORADS.]


A

HISTORICAL

AND

DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE

OF

TWENTY YEARS' RESIDENCE

IN

SOUTH AMERICA,

_IN THREE VOLUMES_;

CONTAINING TRAVELS IN ARAUCO, CHILE, PERU, AND COLOMBIA;

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

THE REVOLUTION, ITS RISE, PROGRESS, AND RESULTS.


BY W. B. STEVENSON,

FORMERLY PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CAPTAIN GENERAL OF QUITO
COLONEL, AND GOVERNOR OF ESMERALDAS, CAPTAIN DE FRAGATA, AND LATE
SECRETARY TO THE VICE ADMIRAL OF CHILE,--HIS EXCELLENCY
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD COCHRANE, &c.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO.
CONSTABLE & Co. AND OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH.

MDCCCXXV.




CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

                                                                  PAGE
CHAP. I.--Farm of Vinto, Cattle, Grain, &c....First Wheat in
Peru...._Tapiales_, Fences....Trees, Shrubs,
and Plants....Fruit....Animals....Birds....Fish....Appearance of
the Villages...._Balsas_....Indian Feast....Indian
Burial....Paramonga....Palace of Fortalice                           1

CHAP. II.--Visit to Caxatambo....Roads....Manner of Travelling
....Village of Ocros....Cura of Ditto....Indians....Road to
Chiquian....Town of Chiquian....Crimes....Mining Laws....Method
of working the Ores....Frauds in _Plata Pina_...._Taonas_ and
_Ingenios_....Caxatambo...._Repartimientos_....Manufactures....
Inhabitants....Amusements....Road from Caxatambo, _Cuesta_....Farm
House and Family....Town of Huaras....Productions of Huailas....
Manufactures of Ditto....Huaras, excellent Mercantile Situation
....Province of Conchucos....Produce, &c....Mines....Oca....
Medicinal Plants....Character of Inhabitants....Procession of
St. Peter....Localities in the Province....Enter Huamalies....
Productions...._Coca_...._Charquis_ Cinchona....Mines....Eagle
Stones....Fruits...._Mulitas_ and _Quiriquineihos_....Character
of Inhabitants....Death of the Inca represented....Observations     24

CHAP. III.--General Mode of Travelling from Lima to the
different Provinces....British Manufactures fit for the last
Provinces visited....General Character of the Inhabitants....
Animals in the Provinces of Huailas, Caxatambo, Conchucos, and
Huamalies....Pagi or Puma....Ucumari....Viscacha....Comadreja
....Ardillas....Gato Montes....Alco....Llama.... Paco....Huanaco
....Vicuna....Mulita....Birds....Condor....Vegetable Productions
....Mineral Ditto....Antiquities....Diseases and Remedies....
Hydrophobia                                                         75

Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3): Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results

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