INDEX 



Note. For politirnl, kittorieal, <i< ographical,6te., items, tee the )iamcs of the r>s/>ectire 

 islands or tin ir divisions. For tpecifle product*, animals, etc., see their resjjectire MRU $, 



Abaco, ;i(tO, 809 



Abercrombie, Lord, organize- forces to 



capture Havana, 904; retakes St. Lucia, 



Acclimation, tropical, 388-31)0 

 Acklin Island, Mrl, 303 

 Adjuntas, 163, 1-1 



Africa, :i-l: overrun by the Atlanteans. 

 381; serpent-worship, 806. 8ee also ni- 



QBOE8; SLAVERY; Si AVI. -TRADE 

 African dances, folk-lore, habits, etc., 227, 



Africanization of the West Indies, 105, 106, 



143, 164, . 101 



African negroes, in Haiti, 285 

 Agabama.Rio, 47. 136 

 Agassiz, Alexander, m nniichit lire of the 



Caribbean deeps, 18: deep-sea explora- 

 tion- by, 14,886; on (he structure of the 

 Baham is, 207 



Agouti : in < 'ul>a. 66 ; POTtO Uico, 160; Santo 



Domingo, 260 

 Agua Alta, 180, 308. See BlSO W LCI Water 

 Aguada, 182 



Aguadilla, city. 166, 161, 179 

 Aguadilla, province ami department, 15C, 



166, 179 

 Aguas-Buenas, 161, 1*1 : ea\c, 151 

 Aibonito, 163, 183 

 Alabama, B ; -uper-tit ion m, 898 

 Alameda, the, Santiago, 139, 180 

 Albemarle, Lord, captures Havana, 64 

 Albufera de Joyuda, Lake, 148 

 Aldama family, 133 

 Alligator-gar, the, 66 



Allspice, see Pimento 



Almendares, Rio, 116 



Almonds, in Triniilail, 367 



Altavela. 



Ambergris, in tin- Bahamas, 800 



America, Spain lo-es her colonic- in, i 



American Mediterranean, I 8, 7 10, 18, 16, 



II, ualo 



river, 9, m ; fauna, n 16; submarine 

 topograph] , i i 



Anasco, ' 



Anasco, Rio, 1 18, 189 



Anchovy Sink. IS I 



Andean Cordilleras, 3 



Andes, the, j thcpiakc-, 



Andros, 



Anegada, 16, 19, 31, 809, 811, 816 



Anegada Passage, 16. 



Anglo-American Club, Santiago, 130 



Angostura bitters. 



Anguilla, 19, - 



41 



Anguillan Islands, 818, 836, 339 



Annatto, in Jamaica, 318 



Annatto Bay, 186 



Anse d'Hainault, 274 



Antigua, 19, 38-36, 70, 311, 319-325, 331, 404, 



agriculture, 833 336; area, 19; commerce, 

 324, 836; population, vj; soperstitlon, 896 



Antillean mountain system, :i 6, 27-31, 3D, 

 146, M7, 160, 188, 186, 190, 340, 341, 30'.', 381, 

 883. 884, 



Antilles, 9, 11, 14, 16, 21, 23, 80, 146, 146, 150- 

 168, 169, 186, 301, 308, 388, 343, 34S 360, 

 257. 369, 27o, 397-800, 31s, 374, 881, 383, 384, 

 385; administrations, 83 ; civilization, S3; 

 destiny, 40.;; east-and-west trend, 



fauna, 66,883; geographical situation, 3 6; 

 geological Structure, 883-886; mineral re- 

 source-. :;_; the Pearl of the," 33, 63, 408; 

 population, 83; resources, 83; rivers, 31, 



32; seaboard. 81,83; yellow lever, 60 



Antimony, in Santo Domingo, 249, 'J72 



Appalachian continent, 5 



Appalachians, the, 39 



Aquin, 381, 383 



Arachnids. .".>'. 



Arawaks, 



Arcahaie, 204 



Areas de Canasi, 43 



Architecture: in Cuba, 110, HT; Porto Kico, 

 17'J. 174-17H, 180, 181 



Arctic Ocean, 10 



Arecibo, city, I.V., 179, 180 



Arecibo, department, 166, 165 



Arecibo, Rio, 1 1-, 180 



Ariguanabo, Lake, 47 



Armendaris, Rio, 46, 110, 114 



Arrowroot: in Mont-i rrat. 335; St. Vin- 

 e-cut, 363 



Arroyo, 1H1 



Artibonite River, Santo Domingo, 81, 241, 

 348, 364, 377, 378 



Aruba, 36. See also < )i;i li \ 



Asia, trade with the United State-, 98 



Asphalt, as fuel. I. u had.'-. 377, 380, 



881 : Cuba, - . 381 ; Santo Domingo, 



363, 373, 881 ; Trinidad, 88, 



Atarcs, i 



Atlanta "Constitution," on Miiper-t it ion m 



tin- South, 397 

 Atlantic Ocean. 3, B 13, 16, 86, 397, 



.11 - 

 Atlantis, the m\ th of, 2, 310, 381 

 Atlas Steamship Company, 218, 378, 408, 407 

 Atrato, Gull of. 186 

 Atrato, Rio, 

 Aucl, 



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