. Pacific shores from Panama . Pacific Mail Steamship Company, for theirmany kindnesses and courtesies; to the PeruvianCorporation, especially to its representative in Lima,Mr. W. L. Morkill, aptly called the King of Peru,for the exceptional opportunities he gave us to seeout-of-the-way places and interesting festivals withthe comfort of a private car, and to the new-foundfriends in general who taught us what hospitalitycould mean to the stranger in a strange land. E. R JunCy 1913. vii CONTENTS PAGE TO THE SPANISH MAIN 1 PANAMA 17 DOWN THE WEST COAST TO PERU 37 LmA, CITY OF THE KINGS 57 THE OR


. Pacific shores from Panama . Pacific Mail Steamship Company, for theirmany kindnesses and courtesies; to the PeruvianCorporation, especially to its representative in Lima,Mr. W. L. Morkill, aptly called the King of Peru,for the exceptional opportunities he gave us to seeout-of-the-way places and interesting festivals withthe comfort of a private car, and to the new-foundfriends in general who taught us what hospitalitycould mean to the stranger in a strange land. E. R JunCy 1913. vii CONTENTS PAGE TO THE SPANISH MAIN 1 PANAMA 17 DOWN THE WEST COAST TO PERU 37 LmA, CITY OF THE KINGS 57 THE OROYA RAILWAY— I. To THE Roof of the World 79 II. Xauxa and Huancayo 87 SOUTHERN PERU— I. A Coast Hacienda 103 n. To Arequipa 116 LA VILLA HERMOSA 125 THE LAND OF THE INCAS 137 CUZCO, THE INCA CAPITAL 159 LAKE TITICACA 193 A GLIMPSE OF BOLIVIA 203 ix PAGE CONTENTS THE RETURN TO PANAI\L\ 227 FROM THE ISTHMUS TO THE GOLDEN GATE— I. In Central American Waters 235 II. Guatemala and Its Capital 247 in. Coast Towns of Mexico 269. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Plaza of San Francisco, Lima Frontispiece PAGE Royal Palms, Nipe Bay, Cuba 7 Negroes selling Rope Tobacco Kingston, Jamaica .... 13 The Cathedral, Panama 25 Avenida Central, Panama 29 The Old Bells at Cruces 31 Ruins of Old Panama 33 Native Boats, Paita 45 A Grated Veranda, Salaverry 52 The Aguador Peddles His Donkey-Load of Water . facing 52 Balcones, Lima • • CI Lima Cathedral from the Bodegones facing 62 In the Presidents Garden 65 Cloister of San Francisco, Lima 69 xi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGB Patio of the Torre Tagle Palace, Lima facing 70 Weighing-Post in the Torre Tagle Palace 73 On the Oroya Railway facing 80 The Narrow River Valley Like a Relief Map . . facing 82 Entrance to a Corral, Oroj-a 89 The Plaza, Xauxa 91 A Native Family, Huancayo 94 Corner of the Indian Market, Huancayo 95 Landing at Cerro Azul facing 104 Bull Ring in the Canete Valley 113 Hacienda of Unanue 114 The Carrito and Its Galloping Mule facing 114 T


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