Peru: a land of contrast

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Lima, 84-140;
  Alameda, 107;
  bells, city of, 110-113;
  bishop of, 93;
  books about, 304;
  churches of, 87-88;
  climate of, 104-105;
  City of Kings, 3, 86, 90, 99, 214;
  collections in, 125-126;
  composer of national opera in, 133-138;
  contrasts in, 138-140;
  convents of, 107-109, 113-120;
  destruction of, in 1746, 99-102;
  dinner party in, 121-125;
  galleons of, 77;
  Geographical Society of, 237, 304;
  reduced heads exhibited in, 290;
  Incas in, 215;
  Inquisition in, 91-99;
  lady of seventeenth century in, 106-107;
  national librarian in, 129-132;
  market of, 139;
  milk-women of, 140;
  Paséo Colón, 140;
  Spanish splendor of, 7, 84, 85, 86, _see_ gold and silver;
  surroundings of, 103-105;
  university in, 140.
  _See_ Spaniards.

Lisle, Lord, 79.

Llamas, prehistoric carvings of, 55;
  drove of, 58;
  Christian
  sacrifice of, 223;
  Incas’ sacrifice of, 207, 211;
  Incas’ talismans, 222;
  Incas’ use of, 160;
  Incas’ worship of, 157;
  an interpretation of Indians, 224-227;
  in Lima, 140;
  ransom of Atahualpa, 71.
  _See_ vicuñas.

_Llautu_ (fringe of Inca), 190, 207.
  _See_ Incas, clothes of.

Lopez, Francisco, 65.

Loti, Pierre, 1.

Loveday, G., 79.

Lurin, 43, 47.


Macas, 290.

_Mamacunas_, _See_ Sun, Virgins of the.

Mama Ocllo, 179.

_Mamayacu_ (mother of waters), 245, 259-261.

Madera, 233.

Madre de Díos, 231.

_Maguey_ (plant), 242-243.

Manco Ccapac, 174, 176, 178, 179, 189, 233.
  _See_ Incas, Sun.

Manoa, 236.

_Mantas_ (head-shawls), 22, 108.

Markham, Sir Clements, 300, 301.

Marmontel, 9.

Marmoset, 249.

Mastodon, 38, 169, 263.

Maui, 37.

_Médanos_ (sand-dunes), 33-35.

Megalithic ruins, _See_ Tiahuanacu, Sachsahuaman.

Mercury, 144, 152.

Mexico, 128, 154.

Middendorf, 96, 236, 299, 300.

Mines, 5, 6, 7, 10, 27, 39, 90, 91, 152-155.
  _See_ gold and silver.

Mirage, 26, 57, 147.

Mishagua, 232.

_Mita_ (tax), 91.

Mochica, 49.
  _See_ Chimus.

Monkeys, 9, 45, 242, 288.

Monuments, _See_ ruins.

Moon, (Si), (Quilla), 34, 47, 49, 50, 67, 72, 172, 203-205, 212.

Morgado, Alonzo, 79.

Mother of Waters, _See mamayacu._

Mountains, _See_ Andes.

Mountain-sickness, _See soroche._

Mummies, 42, 44-46, 125, 204.

Muratos, 237.

Mutayces, 233.

Myths, 36, 174-181.


Nahumedes, 237.

Negro, Rio, 290.

Nitrate, 27, 32, 54, 56, 61, 62, 77.


Ocean, Atlantic, 29, 168, 238, 248.
  Pacific, 15, 44, 158;
  Antarctic current of, 30;
  argosies on, 77-78;
  birds of, 16-20, 28, 56, 247;
  influence of, on climate, 30, 105;
  islands of, 121, 265;
  pirates on, 81-83;
  maker of terraces, 183;
  tidal waves, 29, 100;
  winds of, 33;
  worship of as Ni, 48.

Ollanta, 133, 136, 137.

Orchids, 253-255.

Orcos, Lake of, 166-167.

Ore, Geronimo de, 177.

Orellana, 236.

_Organista_ (bird), 249.

Orinoco, 233, 236, 290.


_Pacay_ (fruit), 23, 57.

Paccari-tampu, 178, 179.

Pachacamac, 40-47, 48, 148, 174, 177, 178, 214, 218, 299.

_Paichi_ (fish), 247.

Palma, Ricardo, 129-132, 303, 304.