CHAPTER X

THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INCREASE

Density of Population in Time of the Incas--Three Million Inhabitants Now Probable--Census of 1876--Interior Country Not Sparsely Populated--Aboriginal Indian Race and Mixed Blood--Fascinating History of the Quichuas--Tribal Customs--Superstition--Negroes and Chinese Coolies--Immigration Movements of the Future--Wages--European Colonization--Cause of Chanchamayo Valley Failure--Climatic and Other Conditions Favorable--An Enthusiast’s Faith 151