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Thomas Wallace Knox. The Boy Travellers in South America
The Boy Travellers in South America
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE BOY TRAVELLERS
IN. SOUTH AMERICA
CHAPTER I
FROM NEW YORK TO THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.—INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE.—OLD TIMES AND THE PRESENT.—ASPINWALL.—A TROPICAL CITY.—THE TEREDO.—ENTRANCE OF THE PANAMA CANAL
CHAPTER II
FIRST DAY ON THE ISTHMUS.—THE PANAMA CANAL.—HISTORY OF THE CANAL ENTERPRISE.—PLANS OF BALBOA AND OTHERS.—THE VARIOUS ROUTES PROPOSED.—STRAIN'S SURVEY OF DARIEN.—VISITING THE WORKS AT PANAMA
CHAPTER III
OVER THE ISTHMUS.—A PROFITABLE RAILWAY.—ISTHMUS FEVER.—TROPICAL TREES, FLOWERS, AND ANIMALS.—SIGHTS IN PANAMA.—THE CATHEDRAL.—A STROLL ON THE BEACH.—THE PARADISE OF CONCHOLOGISTS
CHAPTER IV
"THE PLACE OF FISH."—AN EXCURSION TO OLD PANAMA.—VISITING A HERMIT.—DRINKING CHICHI.—RUINS OF THE CITY.—MORGAN THE BUCCANEER.—HIS HISTORY AND EXPLOITS.—HOW HE CAPTURED PANAMA
CHAPTER V
FROM PANAMA TO GUAYAQUIL.—VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA.—HIS ADVENTURES AND DEATH.—SCENES IN GUAYAQUIL.—FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH SOUTH AMERICAN EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER VI
THE PARADISE OF EARTHQUAKES.—FROM GUAYAQUIL TO QUITO.—A RIDE OVER THE MOUNTAINS.—ALL CLIMATES UNITED IN ONE.—THE PLAINS OF ECUADOR.—CHIMBORAZO AND COTOPAXI
CHAPTER VII
DESCRIPTION OF QUITO.—VISIT TO THE VOLCANO OF PICHINCHA.—THE DEEPEST CRATER IN THE WORLD.—ROUTE OVER THE ANDES TO THE AMAZON.—RETURN TO THE COAST
CHAPTER VIII
FROM GUAYAQUIL TO CALLAO.—LANDING AT PAITA.—THE SITE OF OLD CALLAO.—ARRIVAL AT LIMA.—SIGHTS OF THE PERUVIAN CAPITAL.—GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS
CHAPTER IX
EQUESTRIANS AND THEIR COSTUMES.—LADIES OF LIMA.—EXCURSIONS AMONG RUINS.—PACHACAMAC, A HOLY CITY.—THE ANCIENT PERUVIANS.—ORIGIN OF THE INCA GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER X
RAILWAYS OVER THE ANDES.—FROM LIMA TO MOLLENDO, AREQUIPA, AND LAKE TITICACA.—THE CHINCHA ISLANDS AND THE SODA DESERTS.—UP THE ANDES BY STEAM.—IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE FOURTEEN THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SEA
CHAPTER XI
PUNO AND LAKE TITICACA.—COCA AND ITS PROPERTIES.—THE LLAMA AND HIS KINDRED.—EXCURSION TO THE SACRED ISLAND OF THE INCAS
CHAPTER XII
COATI ISLAND AND THE RUINS OF TIAHUANACO.—RETURN TO PUNO.—CUZCO, AND THE TEMPLES, PALACES, AND FORTRESSES OF THE INCAS.—PLANS FOR DEPARTURE
CHAPTER XIII
LEAVING PUNO.—CROSSING LAKE TITICACA.—RESOURCES OF BOLIVIA.—SILVER MINING.—PRIMITIVE LODGINGS.—BEGINNING THE JOURNEY TO THE EASTWARD
CHAPTER XIV
OVER THE EASTERN ANDES INTO THE AMAZON VALLEY.—AN EXCITING JOURNEY.—ADVENTURES BY THE WAY.—TROUBLES OF TRAVELLING WITH A TIGER
CHAPTER XV
DOWN THE RIVER.—ARRIVAL ON THE BENI.—BIRDS OF THE AMAZON VALLEY.—BUILDING A HUT.—HUNTING WITH POISONED ARROWS.—TURTLES, AND TURTLE-HUNTING
CHAPTER XVI
DOWN THE BENI.—PRODUCTS OF THE VALLEY.—PLANS FOR DEVELOPING COMMERCE.—OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION.—VOYAGE ON THE MAMORÉ
CHAPTER XVII
HUNTING THE TAPIR.—AMONG THE CARIPUNA INDIANS.—ARRIVAL AT THE FALLS OF THE MADEIRA.—MAKING INDIA-RUBBER
CHAPTER XVIII
SLOW TRANSIT.—PASSING AROUND THE FALLS.—ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS.—THE MADEIRA TO THE AMAZON.—THE JANUARY RIVER.—THE AMAZON FOREST
CHAPTER XIX
FROM THE MADEIRA TO THE RIO NEGRO.—OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE AMAZON.—NOTES ON THE GREAT RIVER.—MANAOS.—DOWN THE AMAZON TO PARA
CHAPTER XX
PARA.—ITS BUSINESS AND CHARACTERISTICS.—THE ISLAND OF MARAJO.—DOWN THE COAST.—PERNAMBUCO.—THE SUGAR INDUSTRY
CHAPTER XXI
BAHIA AND ITS INDUSTRIES.—RIO JANEIRO.—THE BAY AND THE CITY.—SIGHTS OF THE CAPITAL.—EMPEROR DOM PEDRO II
CHAPTER XXII
THE SIGHTS OF RIO.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AQUEDUCT, CHURCHES, MIRACLES, AND FUNERALS.—VISIT TO TIJUCA AND PETROPOLIS.—THE SERRA
CHAPTER XXIII
RAILWAYS IN BRAZIL.—COFFEE PLANTATIONS.—MANDIOCA AND ITS CULTURE.—TERRIBLE FAMINES.—SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION
CHAPTER XXIV
RETURN TO THE CAPITAL.—INTRUDO SPORTS.—MUSEUM AT RIO.—MONTEVIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES.—THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.—ASCENDING THE RIVER PLATE
CHAPTER XXV
VISITING A CATTLE ESTATE.—THE LASSO AND BOLAS.—ASCENDING THE PARAGUAY AND PARANA RIVERS.—ROSARIO AND ASUNCION.—PARAGUAYAN WAR.—INDUSTRIES OF THE COUNTRY.—MATÉ
CHAPTER XXVI
RETURN TO BUENOS AYRES.—DIVIDING THE PARTY.—TWO ROUTES TO VALPARAISO.—FRANK'S JOURNEY OVER THE PAMPAS.—MENDOZA.—AT THE FOOT OF THE ANDES
CHAPTER XXVII
INCIDENTS OF A RIDE OVER THE ANDES.—CONTRACT WITH THE ARRIERO.—PASSES BETWEEN CHILI AND THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.—NIGHT SCENES.—DANGERS OF THE ROAD.—A PERILOUS POSITION.—USPALLATA.—AT THE CREST OF THE ANDES
CHAPTER XXVIII
DOWN THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE ANDES.—A LONG IMPRISONMENT IN THE SNOW.—"THE SOLDIER'S LEAP."—SANTA ROSA.—SANTIAGO.—ARRIVAL AT VALPARAISO
CHAPTER XXIX
STRAIT OF MAGELLAN.—FALKLAND ISLANDS.—A PENGUIN CITY.—SANDY POINT.—HUNTING THE OSTRICH AND GUANACO.—PATAGONIAN GIANTS
"Soup.—Rice and Ostrich "Broiled Ostrich Wings "Ostrich Steak "Roast Ostrich Gizzard "Ostrich Eggs "Custard.—Ostrich Eggs and Sugar "More Ostrich, if wanted." CHAPTER XXX
MUTINY AT SANDY POINT.—TIERRA DEL FUEGO.—MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES THERE.—CAPTAIN GARDINER.—CRUISE OF THE "WATEREE."—SIDE-WHEEL DUCKS.—UP THE PACIFIC COAST.—THE MEETING AT VALPARAISO.—THE END
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Mr. Colné told the strangers that the new town had received the name of Christopher Columbus, in honor of the great navigator, who was believed to have visited the spot on his third voyage, at the time he discovered the bay in which Aspinwall is situated. "And here," said he, as they reached a row of neat cottages, "is the street called Charles de Lesseps; these houses were made in New York and then brought here and put together, and we have houses at other places of the same character. Most of our dredges were made in the United States, and an American company has taken the contract for a large part of our excavating. Part of the land on which the city is built was reclaimed from the bay by filling in with the earth dredged out for the canal and its approaches. Before we get through with the work we shall have changed the appearance of this part of the coast so that its friends will hardly know it.
"When we came here," he continued, "one of the first things we determined upon was the deepening of the harbor of Aspinwall up to the point where the canal is entered. As soon as the dredges were ready they went to work and made a channel that permits the largest ships to come up to the shore. We might have left it till the end of the enterprise, but it was better to have it done at the outset, as it facilitates the landing of our material."
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