| Transcriber's note: The accentuation and the spelling of theoriginal has been retained. This may at times seem variable (e.g., manati and manatí). Certain of the images may be viewed in a full-screen, larger size by clicking on their captions. The illustration entitled, "Map of Equatorial America" was not available for inclusion. |
THE
ANDES AND THE AMAZON:
OR,
ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF SOUTH AMERICA.
By JAMES ORTON, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., AND CORRESPONDINGMEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA.
WITH A NEW MAP OF EQUATORIAL AMERICA AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE
1870.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
Harper & Brothers,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.
TO
CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S.,
WHOSE PROFOUND RESEARCHES
HAVE THROWN SO MUCH LIGHT UPON EVERY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE,
AND
WHOSE CHARMING "VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE" HAS SO PLEASANTLY
ASSOCIATED HIS NAME WITH OUR SOUTHERN CONTINENT,
THESE SKETCHES OF THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON ARE, BY PERMISSION,
MOST RESPECTFULLY
Dedicated.
"Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, noneexceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand ofman; whether those of Brazil, where the powers of Life arepredominant, or those of Terra del Fuego, where Death and Decayprevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of theGod of Nature: no one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and notfeel that there is more in man than the mere breath of hisbody."—Darwin's Journal, p. 503.
Preface
Introduction
Table of Contents
Table of Appendices
Table of Illustrations
THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON.
Addenda
Index
Footnotes
PREFACE.
This volume is one result of a scientific expedition to the equatorialAndes and the river Amazon. The expedition was made under the auspicesof the Smithsonian Institution, and consisted of the following gentlemenbesides the writer: Colonel Staunton, of Ingham University, Leroy, N.Y.;F.S. Williams, Esq., of Albany, N.Y.; and Messrs. P.V. Myers and A.Bushnell, of Williams College. We sailed from New York July 1, 1867;and, after crossing the Isthmus of Panama and touching at Paita, Peru,our general route was from Guayaquil to Quito, over the EasternCordillera; thence over the Western Cordillera, and through the foreston foot to Napo; down the Rio Napo by canoe to Pebas, on the Marañon;and thence by steamer to Pará....