Index 



379 



Guiana (British), 321; (Dutch), 

 coffee introduced, 85; (French), 

 320 



Guira (Guira guira) 231; destroy- 

 ing locusts, 279 



Gulf of Paria, 334 



Gulf Stream, 17, 29, 322 



Gulls (Larus maculipennis) , 172 



H 



Hadjis, 85 



Hamilton, Alexander, 123, 349 



Hannibal, 357 



Harbor of Rio Janeiro, 58 



Harte, Bret, quoted, 211 



Haseman, John D., 65 



Hatcher, John Bell, 8, 10, 192, 207, 



220, 242 

 Haumann-Merck, Professor Lu- 



cien, 1 66, 170 

 Hauthal, Dr. Rodolfo, 213, 219, 



220 



Hawks, 49, 231, 284 

 Hawk-moth, 32 

 Heilprin, Angelo, 346 

 Heinz's Tomato Catsup, 182 

 Hemlock (Conium maculatum) , 



227 



Herculaneum, 336 

 Hercules Beetle, 75 

 Herons, 172 

 Herrero-Ducloux, Dr. Ernesto, 



102, 118, 119, 224 

 Herrings, 49 

 Heyn, Piet, "the Dutch Sir 



Francis Drake," 55 

 Hippodrome, 167 

 H. M. S. Beagle, 207 

 Holetown, Barbados, 337, 338 

 Holland, States General of, 56 

 Honduras, 335 

 Honeysuckle, Japanese, 171 

 Hope, Laurence, quoted, 187 

 Hornero, 280; nest of, 284 

 Horsemanship of young woman 



driving cattle, 266 

 Horses, 145 

 Hospital, Italian, in Montevideo, 



96 

 Hotel, Bahia, 50; Buenos Aires, 



101, 150, 163; La Plata, 125, 



255; Mar del Plata, 195; Riode 



Janeiro, 60, 62, 65; Tucuman, 



273, 274 



Houses, in Bahia, 44; Barbados, 

 338, 341; Montevideo, 95; on 

 piles, 168; Saba, 350; Trinidad, 

 326 



Howling Monkey (Alouatta insu- 

 lanus), 340 



Hudson, Hendrik, 78 



Hudson, W. H., quoted, 172, 178, 

 183, 193, 232 



Hugo, Victor, 79 



Huguenots, 77 



Humboldt, Alexander von, 244, 



324.33I, 362 



Humming-birds, wantonly de- 

 stroyed, 310 



Hunter, Sir John, 25 



Huntley and Palmer's Biscuits, 

 182 



Hurricane at Trinidad, 326 



Hussey, Dr. W. J., 102, no, 286, 

 296 



Hydrochcerus capybara, 180 



Hymenoptera, 73, 185, 234 



Iberian Americans, 360 



Iberians, 357, 358, 360 



Ibis, White-faced, 193 



Icebergs, 89 



Ichthyosaurus, I 



Igneous rocks, 4 



Iguassu, Falls of, 292 



Ilex Paraguay ensis, 189 



Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. 

 Petersburg, 14 



Independence Day in Brazil, 59 



Independence, Declaration of, 275 



Indians, of the pampas, 114; 

 Querendi, 137; become horse- 

 men, 154; of Tucuma'n, 282; 

 Charrua, 296 



Insect architecture, 309; plagues, 



355 



Insects, scarce in October, 234 



Institutions, evolution of, in Argen- 

 tina, 141 



Intermarriage of races, 359, 361 



Iron, 354 



Irrigation, 133, 272 



Isla Sancta, the first name of 

 America, 323 



Island of the True Cross, 54 



Isle of Pines, 340 



Italian Hospital, Montevideo, 96 



