Notes of a naturalist in South America

· 1889

Voyage across the Atlantic--Barbadoes--Jamaica--Isthmus of Panama--Buenaventura, tropical forest--Guayaquil and the river Guayas--Payta--The rainless zone of Peru--Voyage to Callao 1 Arrival at Callao--Quarantine--The war between Chili and Peru--Aspect of Lima--General Lynch--Andean railway to Chicla--Valley of the Rimac--Puente Infernillo--Chicla-- Mountain-sickness--Flora of the Temperate zone of the Andes-- Excursion to the higher region--Climate of the Cordillera-- Remarks on the Andean flora--Return to Lima--Visit to a sugar-plantation--Condition of Peru--Prospect of anarchy 56…

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