Chapter I: Conclusion: 296

BIBLIOGRAPHY 299

INDEX 305

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

In the Monastery of San Francisco, Lima _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Seals of the Palominos Islands 16

Sachacha, a Typical Village of Peru 34

Pampa de los Huesos--the Field of Bones 42

A Characteristic Peruvian Church 58

Wolfenbüttel-Spanish Map, _circa_ 1529 72

One of the first maps to show Pizarro’s discoveries along the Peruvian coast.

A View of Paita from the _Miroir Oost & West Indical_, 1621 82

Grapes raised by the Barefoot Friars (_los Descalzos_), Lima 106

A Franciscan Friar at Home, Lima 112

Santa Rosa de Lima, from _Het Wonder Leven van de H. Rosa, Brussel_, 1668 118

A Glimpse of Old-Fashioned Lima 132

A Trestle of the Highest Railway in the World, across the _Infiernillo_ 144

Alpacas on the Andean Puna 156

A God of Tiahuanacu 164

A Swinging Bridge near Jauja 174

An Heir of the “Makers of Ruins” 186

Indian Water Carrier, Sicuani 192

In the Market, _Plaza Principal_, Cuzco 200

A Market in Huancayo 206

In a Fertile Valley of the Uplands 212

An Indian Pastoral 218

Llamas at the Falls of Morococha 226

In the Valley of the Perené 242

A Sloth, from the _Historiae Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae_, Amsterdam, 1648 280

INTRODUCTION

“Qui peut dire où réside le charme
d’un pays? Qui trouvera ce quelque
chose d’intime et d’insaisissable que rien
n’exprime dans les langues humaines?”

PIERRE LOTI

Peru, A Land of Contrasts