CHAP. IV.--Travels to the North of Lima....Village of Pativilca ....Of Huarmey....Of Casma....Cotton Mill....Santa....River Santa....Nepena....Farm of Motocachi....Vineyard....Port of Santa...._Tambo de Chao_....Viru....Truxillo....Itinerary between Lima and Truxillo....Description of Truxillo....Building ....Inhabitants....Climate....Commerce....Jurisdiction....Arms ....Plain _de Chimu_...._Huaca de Toledo_....Tradition of.... Huanchaco Port....Valleys of Chimu, Chicama, and Viru.... Productions....Road to Caxamarca....Contumasa....Magdalena....Gold Mines....View of Caxamarca....Origin of Name of....Description of....Buildings....Inhabitants....Arts and Manufactures of....Visit to San Pablo....Market of Caxamarca....Trade of....Hot Baths....Description of 107 CHAP. V.--Historical Sketch of Caxamarca, Huaina Capac, Huascar Inca, and Atahualpa....Arrival of Pizarro at Tumpis....At Caxamarca....Spanish Embassy....Harangue of Soto....Answer of Atahualpa....Visit of Atahualpa to Pizarro....Discourse of Friar Vicente Valverde, to Atahualpa....Answer of Atahualpa.... Imprisonment of....Offered Ransom of....Cause of the Jealousy of Pizarro....Arrivals of Treasure....Accusation, for the Trial of Atahualpa....Sentence, Baptism, Execution, and Burial of ....Interesting Remains in Caxamarca 142 CHAP. VI.--Province of Caxamarca....Manufactures, Mines....Village de Jesus....Hawking....Farm of Lagunilla....Inga Tambo....Village of San Marcos....Feast....Wedding....Village of Ichocan....Mine of Gualgayoc....Return to the Coast....Village of Chocope....Of San Pedro....Of Las Lagunas....Of Monsefu....Town of Lambayeque ....Inhabitants, Buildings, New Altar....Manufactures, Soap, Cordovans, Cotton Goods, Sweetmeats....Fruits, Grain, Pulse ....Vegetables....Market...._Algarroba_, Carob Tree....Village of Eten....Of Morrope...._Simarones_....Desert of Sechura....Town of Sechura....City of Piura....Inhabitants, Buildings....Mules ....Manufactures....Climate....Effect on Syphilis....Commerce.... Port of Paita....Excellent Situation for an Astronomical Observatory 166 CHAP. VII.--Leave Lima for Guayaquil...._Amortajado_....Puna ....Arrival of the Spaniards, and Conquest of....Village of ....Inhabitants....Passage up the River Guayaquil...._Punta de Arena_....Guayaquil....Foundation and Description of....Buildings ....Inhabitants....Amusements....Market....Fruit....Climate.... Insects and Reptiles....Dock Yard....Project of Sawing Mills.... Balsa, Description of....Navigation of....Canoes....Merchants of Guayaquil 199