Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net _SPECIAL EDITION_ WITH THE WORLD'S GREAT TRAVELLERS EDITED BY CHARLES MORRIS AND OLIVER H. G. LEIGH VOL. II CHICAGO UNION BOOK COMPANY 1901 COPYRIGHT 1896 AND 1897 BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY COPYRIGHT 1901 E. R. DUMONT [Illustration: BOSTON COMMON, BOSTON, MASS.] CONTENTS. SUBJECT. AUTHOR. PAGE New York, Washington, Chicago OLIVER H. G. LEIGH 5 Winnipeg Lake and River W. F. BUTLER 21 A Fine Scenic Route HENRY T. FINCK 31 South Pass and Fremont's Park JOHN C. FREMONT 42 In the Yellowstone Park FERDINAND V. HAYDEN 49 The Country of the Cliff-Dwellers ALFRED TERRY BACON 58 Lake Tahoe and the Big Trees A. H. TEVIS 68 The Chinese Quarter in San Francisco HELEN HUNT JACKSON 78 Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley CHARLES LORING BRACE 88 A Sportsman's Experience in Mexico SIR ROSE LAMBERT PRICE 99 The Scenery of the Mexican Lowlands FELIX L. OSWALD 108 Among the Ruins of Yucatan JOHN L. STEPHENS 119 The Route of the Nicaragua Canal JULIUS FROEBEL 130 The Destruction of San Salvador CARL SCHERZER 137 Scenes in Trinidad and Jamaica JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE 145 The High Woods of Trinidad CHARLES KINGSLEY 157 Animals of British Guiana C. BARRINGTON BROWN 169 Life and Scenery in Venezuela ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT 179 The Llaneros of Venezuela RAMON PAEZ 190 The Forests of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers FRANZ KELLER 200 Canoe- and Camp-Life on the Madeira FRANZ KELLER 212 Besieged by Peccaries JAMES W. WELLS 219 The Perils of Travel IDA PFEIFFER 232 Brazilian Ants and Monkeys HENRY W. BATES 240 The Monarchs of the Andes JAMES ORTON 251 Inca High-Roads and Bridges E. GEORGE SQUIER 261 List of Illustrations VOLUME II