Action, electric, similarity of, in
the electric eel and the voltaic
battery, ii. 122
volcanic, centre of, i. 449,
455, 461; connexion of, iii. 403
Acosta, travels of, i. 171
Adansonia, or baobab of, Senegal,
i. 62
Acuvajos, country of the, iii. 35
Aerolites, i. 357
Africa, travels in, i. 4; deserts of,
ii. 97
Aguas Calientes, ravine of, ii. 22;
river of, ii. 39
Agriculture, tropical, i. 206, 207,
209, iii. 126; early practice of,
i. 295, ii. 368; influence of on
individuals, ii. 98; mean tempe-
rature required for the success of,
i. 495; geology applied to, iii.
404, 405
in the island of Cuba, iii.
zone of, in Spanish America,
i. 394
Aguatire, the, i. 482
Ajuntas, i. 476
Alcaldes, or Indian magistrates, i.
Alegranza, island of, i. 31-37-39
Algodonal, ii. 177; crocodiles of,
ii. 167
Aloe, see Magney
Alligators, ii. 197, iii. 179
Almond-trees, ii. 368, 449
Alphabet, application of the, in
Indian languages, i. 322, ii. 304
Alta Vista, plain of, i. 68; natural
ice-house of, ib.
Gracia, ii. 136
Alum, European, iii. 118
mines, iii. 112, 113, 116
Amalivaca, ii. 473
Amasonia, arborea, ii. 355
Amazon river, falls of the, ii. 251,
252; valley of the, ii. 314; na-
vigation of, ii. 374; tributary
streams of, ii. 377; bridges over
the, ii. 462 n; course of the, iii.
303, 304; basin of the, iii, 360,
362; plains of the, iii. 363
stones, ii. 395-397; locality
of, ii. 462
Amazons, traditions of the, ii. 399-
402
Amygdaloide, iii. 400
America, discovery of, i. 21; ra
pidity of vegetation in, i. 148;
Savanahs of, ii. 87; geological
structure of, ii. 91, 92; early
colonists of, ii. 374; traditions
of, iii. 28, 116; ancient name of,
iii. 59; supposed identity of,
with Asia, iii. 216, 217
east of the Andes, iii. 351
English, iii. 122; popula-
tion of, iii. 127
Portuguese, iii. 20; popu
lation of, iii. 127
South plants of, i. 152
213-217, 232, 240; forests of,
i. 215, 216; 276, 280, 283, ii.
8, 31, 366, iii. 141; missions of,
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i. 218, 244, 245, 281, 282, | Anthropophagy, ii. 413, iii. 85
295, 334, 335, ii. 220, 223,
232, 238, 344, 337, 351, 385,
iii. 18; natives of, i. 339;
waters of, i. 403; pampas of, ii.
87, 88, geography of, iii. 26, 29;
geognostic description of, iii.
285; configuration of, iii. 286;
mountains of, iii. 366; extent |
of, iii. 367; plains of Ibib, boun-
daries of, iii. 368
Antidotes, to poisons, ii. 446 n, 447
Antiles, the iii. 154, 247
Antimano, i. 474, 477
Ants, of the torrid zone, ii. 34, use
of by the natives as food, ii. 389
411
America, Spanish, inhabitants of, i.
338, 340, 397; civil wars of, i.
400; state of society in, i. 413;
productions of, i. 505; boundaries
of, ii. 373; frontier posts of, ii.
374; population of iii. 121, 127,
129; extent of, iii. 127; repub-
lics of iii. 276; commerce of, ii.
122; agriculture of, iii. 126; |
political position of, iii. 144,
146
Amerigo, Vespucci, i. 338
Andalusia, New, coasts of, iii. 161,
285, iii. 2; mountains of, i. 147,
200, 239; capital of, 147; in.
habitants of, i. 294; earthquakes
in, i. 446; extent of, iii. 215,
216
Andes, ascent of the, i. 244;
branches of the, ii. 93; structure
of, iii. 291-326; elevation of iii.
291; etymology of the name, iii.
296; importance of the, iii. 309.
of Chili iii. 364
Angostura, iii. 2; commerce of iii.
6; geology of, iii. 384
bark, iii. 23, 24
Anil, see Indigo
Animals, effects of heat and cold,
upon, ii. 133, 134; organization
of, ii. 139; contemplations on the
nature of, ii. 153, 154; hemis-
pherical distribution of, ii. 319;
geography of, iii. 399
domestic, ii. 311
wild, herds of, ii. 104
Apes, different species of, i. 278
Apparatus electrical, ii. 112
Apples, American, i. 409, 410
Apure river, ii. 137, 142; voyage
on the, ii. 151; channel of, ii.
161; navigation of, ii. 164;
junction of, with the Orinoco, ii.
174; fetid waters of, ii. 200;
rise of the iii. 11
Apurito, island of, ii. 151, 172
Aquio, river, ii. 385
Aradores, ii. 352
Aragua, i. 501, ii. 1; cotton plan-
tations of, i. 504; boundaries of,
ii. 2; forests of, ii. 10; plains of,
ii. 15; indigo grounds of, ii. 32,
33; cacao plantations of, ii. 57,
58; geology of, ii. 17; vultures
of, ii. 134
Araya, salt works of, i. 179-182,
186, 187, iii. 112; Peninsula of,
i. 184; castle of, i. 188; pearls
of, i. 191; inhabitants of, i. 199;
scarcity of rain in, i. 292, iii.
114; geology of, iii. 395
Archipelago, of St. Bernard, iii.
205, 219
of Chonos, iii. 297
of Rosario, iii. 219
Arenas, i. 220
Areverians, tribe of, ii. 200
Areo, river, i. 245, 248
Aroa, copper mines of, i. 441, ii.
65; river of ib.
Arowaks, tribe of the, iii. 82
Arrua, the, ii. 186, 187, 189
Artabrum, promontory of, i. 11.
Arvi, the, iii. 33
Asia, steppes of, ii. 87
Animals, painted representations of, Asphaltum, lake of, i. 248 n
by native Indians, ii. 308
Assuay, mountains of, iii. 306
Astronomy, study of, i. 134, 135
Atabapo, the, ii. 329; pure waters
of the, ii. 338; banks of the, ii.
341, 471
Ataripe, cavern of, ii. 481-485
Atlantic, temperature of the, i. 12,
129, 130; currents in the, i. 15-
25; phenomena, in the, i. 137 n
Atlantis, i. 52 n
Atmosphere, rapid changes, in the,
i. 224; serenity of the, i. 240;
greatest heat of the, i. 378; ob-
servations on the, i. 408
Atmospheric transparency, effects
of, on mental and vegetable pro-
perties, i. 82
Atrato, iii. 218
Aturajos, country of the, iii. 35
Atures, rapids of, ii. 234; mission
of, ii. 238, 489; prevalence of
fevers at, ii. 242, 289; vegetation
of, ii. 255, 256; church of, ii.
266;
tribes of ii. 289, 484;
language of, ii. 302
Auraca, river, ii. 137; birds of the,
ii. 196
Avila, mountain of, i. 387, 390,
475
Barbula, cotton plantations of, ii.
56 *
Barcelona, New, native population
of, i. 294, 297; languages of, i.
317; port of, i. 367, 396, iii. 6,
91; fort of, i. 368, ii. 45, iii.
102; earthquakes at, i. 446; r
plains of, iii. 95; town of, iii.
103
Barigon, limestones of the, iii. 398
Bark, medicinal, iii. 23
Barometer, variations of, previous
to earthquakes, i. 166, 167, ho-
rary variations of, i. 273
Barquisimeto, i. 440, 441
Baru, peninsula of, iii. 219
island of, iii. 220
Basalt, i. 50
Batabano, route to, iii. 177; gulf
of, iii. 181; rocks of, iii. 183,
186, 187
Batavia, sugar cane of, i. 487
Bathing, methods of, practised by
the Indians, i. 159
Baudin, Capt. expedition of to the
South Seas, i. 3, 13, ascent of
peak Teneriffe, by, i. 74
Azores, new island of the, i. 38; Baxo de la Cotua, i. 289
Balsam-trees, groves of, i. 497
Bamboos, i. 217; furniture made
from, ii. 56; region of, ii. 420
Banana-tree, i. 409
Bandits of the plains, iii. 93, 94
Baracoa, commerce of, iii. 261
Baragnan, passage of, ii. 198, 487,
493
Barba de Tigre, ii. 172
Barbarian, origin of the term i.
294
Barbarism, regions in which it most
prevails, i. 293
Beauty, national ideas of, i. 308
Bees peculiar to the New World, i.
434, 435, ii. 200, 367
European importation of, iii.
Beet-root sugar, iii. 252
Benedictus Alexander, physiological
phenomenon related by, i. 222
Beni, river, iii. 304, 361 n
Benzoni Girolamo, (i. 176), voyage
of, i. 397, 398 n
Berbice, iii. 16
Bergantin, excursion to, iii. 105;
sandstone of the, iii. 394
Bermuda, islands of, i. 129
Berrio, Antonio de, iii. 50; expedi-
tion of, iii. 51-53
Bertholletia excelsa, or Brazil nut
tree, ii. 391
Birds of South America, . 216,
236, 254-262, ii. 154, 164, 210,
255, 311, 385
- domestic, ii. 311, migrations
of, ii. 384
- fishing, ii. 164, 255, 383
granivorous, ii. 503
- nocturnal, see "Guacharo,"
Bishop's lake, i. 11.
Bitumen springs, iii. 397
Blow-tubes of the Indians, ii. 453
Boats of Cumana, i. 362
Bobadilla Francisco, mission founded
by, ii. 386
Boca de Arichuna, ii. 164
Chica, iii. 224, 225
del Drago, i. 138
Grande of Carthagena, iii.
de la Tortuga, ii. 184
Bochica, or Indacanzas, priests of,
iii. 45, 46
Body-painting, practice of, ii. 205;
methods of, ii. 208, 209, iii. 46,
74
Bohemia, mountains of, i. 35
Bombax. ii. 343
Bonpland, M. intrepidity of, i. 344,
ii. 194
Brazil-nut trees, (Bertholletia ex-
celsa) ii. 391; nut, harvest of, ii.
448, 452
Bread-fruit, i. 331
Breschet, M. ii. 502
Bridges over the Amazon, ii. 462, n
of Lianas, ii. 461
Brigantine, situation of the, i. 157;
conjunction of, with the Cocolla,
i. 241; descent of the, i. 275
Bruyère, description of slaves by,
i. 176, n
Brownea, or mountain roses, i. 482,
490
Buen Pastor, mineral springs of, i.
248
Buenos Ayres, exports of, ii. 110;
extent of, iii. 129; population of,
ib. situation of, iii. 298; pampas
of, iii. 360, 363
Burro, isle of, ii. 18
Butterflies, American, i. 278
Butter-tree, ii. 55
from birds, i. 258
from palm-fruit, iii. 208
from the tortoise egg, ii.
-tree dedicated to, (Bon- Cabo Blanco, i. 376; summit of, i.
plandi trifoliata), iii. 23
Boracha, island of, i. 368
Borachita, island of, iii. 147
Botany, descriptive, i. 328 n
385; climate of, i. 386
Cabrera,, promontory of, ii. 7 n.
Cabruta, town of, iii. 83
Cabullure, river, ii. 179
of the Canary islands, i. Cacao, port of, ii. 422
1. 151, iii. 109; varieties of, i. 152, | Cape Matahambre, iii. 183
ii. 318; plantations of, i. 444
Calaboza, ii. 108; departure from,
ii. 131; plains of, iii. 388
Calabury river, ii. 393
Caldera, of Peak Teneriffe, i. 77
Caledonia, New, ii. 498
Camels, first introduction of, in
America, ii. 30
of Forteventura, i. 30
of Teneriffe, i. 50
Campeachy, iii. 155
Campoma, lake of, i. 286
Canada, basin of, iii. 355; lakes of,
iii. 356
Cananivacari, rapids of, ii. 408
Canaries of Orotava, i. 87 n.
of Montaña Clara, i. 39
Canary Islands, i. 29, 39, 45, 121;
birds of the, i. 39, 87; ancient
historical notices of, i. 110, 112;
geology of the, i. 105, 461 n, ;
fruits and plants of, i. 115-120; |
aborigines of, i. 121; inhabitants
of, i. 125; government of the, i.
121; hot springs of, i. 290 n.
Cannibal, origin of the term, iii. 85,
213, 214 n,
tribes, ii. 354, 413
Cannibalism, ii. 392, 411; tribes
most addicted to, ii. 413
in Egypt, ii. 416 n.
Cano de la Tigre, ii. 157
Canoes, Indian, i. 143, ii. 213, 215,
355; modes of conveying them
overland, ii. 357,
of Norfolk Island, ii. 367 n.
Caparro monkey, ii. 480
Capanaparo, lake of, ii. 197
Cape Araya, salt-pits of, i. 180
Baco, iii. 151
Barima, iii. 16
De la Brea, i. 198
Cirial, i. 195
Codera, i. 370, 374
Finistere, i. 14
Guaratarito, i. 198
Macanao, i. 146, 208
Negril, iii. 201
Portland, iii. 151
Manas, iii. 151
Sotto, i. 195, 198
St. Vincent, i. 26
Three Points, i. 139
Vela. i. 439
Cape Verd Islands, i. 129
Capitania, general of Caracas, i.
392 n, iii. 1; government of, i.
393 n.; population of, i. 396, iii.
133; exportation of hides from,
ii. 110; annexation of with New
Granada, iii. 143
Caps, of bark, ii. 454
Capuchin Hospital, near Cumano, i.
Capuchins, missions of, iii. 17;
indigo, manufactures of, i. 227;
government of, iii. 19; influence
of, iii. 23-25.
Caracas, city of, i. 170, 390, 401,
403; salt-works of, i. 180; popu-
lation of, i. 386; valleys of, i.
402; climate of, i. 387, 405-408;
vegetable productions of, i. 409,
410; temperature of, i. 387
state of society in, i. 413; intel-
ligence of the inhabitants, i. 415;
printing office in, i. 417; mines
of, i. 440, 443, iii. 138; earth-
quakes at, i. 445, 447, 451-453;
effects of the, i. 454, 455; de-
parture from, i. 474; flora of, i.
480; Cacao, plantations of, ii.
60; commerce of, iii. 6; plains
of, iii. 71, 95; La Venta, or large
Inn of, i. 388
islands of, i. 365, 366, iii. 109
Carapa, i. 474
Caratapona, granite islands of, ii. 7
Caravalleda, sugar plantations of, i.
375
Caravanserai of San Fernando, i.
218
Cari, missions of, iii. 72, 73; inha-
bitants of, iii. 84
Cariaco, town of, i. 283; valley of,
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