CONTENTS

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I What the Tour Is—How and When to Go—What It Costs 1
II The Voyage to Panama 6
III The Isthmus—The Canal—Colon 12
IV Colon to Panama—Panama City 23
V Steamship Lines on the West Coast—Ecuador 36
VI On the Way to Callao 43
VII Salaverry, Chan Chan, Chimbote, the Huailas Valley 50
VIII Callao to Lima—History 59
IX Lima, the City of the Kings 66
X The Suburbs of Lima—The Oroya Railway—Cerro de Pasco 86
XI The Southern Railway of Peru, Arequipa 99
XII The Southern Railway—Cuzco 109
XIII Bolivia—Cuzco to La Paz 123
XIV The City of La Paz 133
XV Other Regions of Bolivia and Routes to the Sea 142
XVI Along the Chilian Coast, Arica to Valparaiso 154
XVII Valparaiso 163
XVIII Santiago 170
XIX Santiago—Continued 179
XX Southern Chile—Santiago to Buenos Aires by Sea 191
XXI Across the Andes to Mendoza 198
XXII Argentina—Across the Plains to Buenos Aires 213
XXIII Buenos Aires 222
XXIV Buenos Aires—Continued 238
XXV A Side Trip to Iguassu Falls and to Paraguay, including Important Argentine Cities 257
XXVI Uruguay 272
XXVII Brazil—Along the Coast to Santos 286
XXVIII Santos and São Paulo 295
XXIX Rio de Janeiro—Bay and City 306
XXX Rio de Janeiro—Continued 321
XXXI Rio de Janeiro—Concluded 330
XXXII Northern Brazil—Homeward 341
XXXIII South American Trade 360
  Index 391