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found three amphibia of the toad class. The Thorn toad (_Bufo spinulosus_, Wiegam.), which has its body thickly covered with a thorny kind of warts. The beautiful red spotted toad (_Bufo thaul_), and a very curious and ugly kind with a round, swelled out body, a loose skin, and a large bladder under the chin (_Anaxyrus melancholicus_, Tsch.). At night the cry of this animal is a discordant melancholy howl. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 49: Elias is eminent not only as an extensive landowner and cultivator, but as a statesman. During the revolution of 1843 and 1844, he was called upon to place himself at the head of the government. He discharged the duties of that high office with singular judgment and moderation. He and his lady are distinguished for their courteous and liberal hospitality; and many foreign visitors, like myself, look back with pleasure on the happiness they derived from the friendship of Don Domingo Elias.] [Footnote 50: An odre is a goat-skin prepared for carrying wine.] [Footnote 51: The original word is Huanu, which is a term in the Quichua dialect meaning "animal dung;" for example, _Huanacuhuanu_ (excrement of the Huanacu). As the word is now generally used it is an abbreviation of _Pishu Huanu--Bird-dung_. The Spaniards have converted the final syllable _nu_ into _no_, as they do in all the words adopted from the Quichua which have the like termination. The European orthography _Guano_, which is also followed in Spanish America, is quite erroneous, for the Quichua language is deficient in the letter _G_, as it is in several other consonants. The _H_, in the commencement of the word, is strongly aspirated, whence the error in the orthography of the Spaniards, who have sadly corrupted the language of the Autochthones of Peru.] CHAPTER X. Roads leading to the Sierra--Chaclacayo and Santa Ines--Barometrical observations--San Pedro Mama--The Rio Seco--Extraordinary Geological Phenomenon--Similar one described by Mr. Darwin--Surco--Diseases peculiar to the Villages of Peru--The Verugas--Indian mode of treating the disorder--The Bird-catching Spider--Horse-Shoeing--Indian Tambos--San Juan de Matucanas--The Thorn-apple and the Tonga--The Tambo de Viso--Bridges--San Mateo--Passports--Acchahuari--Malady called the Veta--Its effects on horses--Singular tact and caution of Mules--Antarangra and Mountain Passes--Curious partition of Water--Piedra Parada--Yauli--Indian Smelting Furnaces--Mineral S
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