PERU A LAND OF CONTRASTS [Illustration: IN THE MONASTERY OF SAN FRANCISCO, LIMA. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.] PERU _A LAND OF CONTRASTS_ BY MILLICENT TODD _With Illustrations from Photographs_ [Illustration] BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1918 _Copyright, 1914_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 PART I. IN THE DESERT CHAPTER I. ALONG SHORE 15 II. DESERT QUALITY 25 III. DESERT PERSPECTIVE 39 IV. PICA, THE FLOWER OF THE SAND 53 V. A CLASH OF CONTRASTS 64 VI. PIRATES AND TREASURE FLEETS 76 VII. BACKGROUNDS 84 VIII. LIMA OF TWO ASPECTS 103 IX. CONVENTS OPEN AND CLOSED 110 X. ANOMALIES OF LIMA 121 PART II. IN THE MOUNTAINS I. THE HIGH REGIONS 143 II. A MEGALITHIC CITY AND A SACRED LAKE 159 III. MYTHS AND MONUMENTS 174 IV. THE INCA AND HIS EMPIRE 188 V. SERVICE OF THE SUN-GOD 202 VI. INDIANS AND LLAMAS 214 PART III. IN THE JUNGLE I. A LAND OF ADVENTURE 231 II. TOWARD THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY 240 III. JUNGLE GLOOM AND JUNGLE SHEEN 250 IV. ANIMALS OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT 268 V. THE JUNGLE IN PARADOX 280 CONCLUSION 296 BIBLIOGRAPHY 299 INDEX 305 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS In the Monastery of San Francisco, Lima _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE