tailieunhanh - THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON: OR, ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF SOUTH AMERICA

"Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man; whether those of Brazil, where the powers of Life are predominant, or those of Terra del Fuego, where Death and Decay prevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature: no one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body."—DARWIN'S Journal, p. 503. Preface Introduction Table of Contents Table of Appendices Table of Illustrations . | THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON OR ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF SOUTH AMERICA. By JAMES ORTON . PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN VASSAR COLLEGE POUGHKEEPSIE . AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER 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 . . . . 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 none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man whether those of Brazil where the powers of Life are predominant or those of Terra del Fuego where Death and Decay prevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature no one can stand in these solitudes unmoved and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body. 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 equatorial Andes and the river Amazon. The expedition was made under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and consisted of the following gentlemen besides the writer Colonel Staunton of Ingham University Leroy . . Williams Esq. of Albany . and Messrs. . 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 .