INDEX. 



451 



meval convulsion of the waters of the 



Mediterranean and the Euxine, 163. 

 Strychnos, an Indian poison, 152. 

 Stylites, seat of the, 13, 136. 

 Sugar-cane, varieties of the, 24, 25, 26. 

 Sun, worship of,hy the Feruvians,430, 431. 

 Sun and Moon, representations of, on the 



rocks of the Orinoco, 165. 

 Swimming couriers of the Rio de Guan- 



cabamba, 399, 400. 

 Swiss scenery, 217. 

 Sydney, situation and temperature of, 



109. 

 Synantherea?, 95. 

 Syracuse, the painting of " The Ehodian 



Genius" at, 380-385. 



Temi, the river, blackness of its water, 

 160. 



Tacarigua, lake 'of, 1 ; its surrounding 

 scenery and vegetation, 22. 



Tapir, traits of the, 197. 



Tartar steppes, 4. 



Taye, an animal of California, 127. 



Taxus baccata, peculiar properties of, 320. 



Teboco, rocky falls of, 185. 



Teguayo, Lake of, 207. 



Temperatures, mean annual, of South 

 America and Europe, tables of, 100,101. 



Teneritfe, Peak of, the volcano, 371, 379. 



Tepu clieremi, carved rock of, 148. 



Terebinthacese, 280. 



Terra del Fuego, temperature of, 108. 



Terra -firma, coast of, 23. 



Theobroma, delicate blossoms spring from 

 the roots, 230, 348.! 



Theobroma Cacao, of South America, 26. 



Thian-schan, the mountain-chain of, 63, 

 64, 66. 



Thibet, mountain plateau of, 55 ; eleva- 

 tion and geographical situation of, 60 ; 

 plains of, 61. 



Tibbos, nomadic tribes of Africa, 50. 



Tiger, American, traits of the, 195, 196, 

 197 ; its nocturnal roar, 199. 



Tiliacefe, 194. 



Timpanago, Lake'of, supposed""to be the 

 Great Salt Lake, 35 ; longitude of, 206. 



Titicaca, Lake of, elevation of the pla- 

 teau of, 5S. 



Tomependa, town of, on the Andes, 401, 

 428. 



Tomo, island of, 164. 



Toparo, on the Orinoco, 163 ; mouth of 

 the, 166. 



Tortoises, periodic torpidity of, 243. 



Trees, immense size and antiquity of, 

 271-276; on tbe relation existing be- 

 tween the annular rings and their age, 

 274; natural families of, 274 ; heights 

 to which they grow, 327. 



Trinidad, asphaltic island of, \55; ori- 

 ginally torn from the mainland, 175. 



Tropical winds favourable to the mariner, 

 154, 174. 



Tropics, beauties of evening scenery, 173 ; 

 contain every variety and magnitude 

 of vegetable forms, 217, 231. 



Tuamini, the river, blackness of its water, 

 160. 



Tuarycks, nomadic tribes of Africa, 50.' 



Tukiuish, an Asiatic tribe, 5. 



Tula, elevation of, 208. 



Tundra, the name of cryptogamic plants 

 in the arctic regions, 95, 96. 



Turtle, curious mode of catching, by 

 means of the sucking-fish, 257, 258. 



Tuyu, a bird of South America, 6. 



Tzana, lake of, its elevation, 58. 



Uivitari, island of, 163, 165. 



Umbellaria Groenlandica, 266. 



Umbellifera, 285, 286. 



Ummibida, ruins of, 44. 



Uniami, mountain of, 163. 



Ural chain of mountains, 63. 



Uraricapara river, 183, 184. 



Urns used for preserving the ashes of the 



dead, 171, 172. 

 Urticege, 245. 

 Uruana, engraving on the rocks of, 



164. 



Valencia, lake of, 24. 



Vanilla form of the Orchidese, 173, 226, 

 230; the fragrant, 230. 



Vapour, the precipitation of, 217, 266. 



Vegetation, length of time before it fixes 

 itself on the sea coast, 10 ; different 

 characters of, in Africa and South Ame- 

 rica, 10; natural history of the vegeta- 

 ble covering of the earth, 214; vegeta- 

 tion most exuberant in the tropics, 217, 

 220, 231 ; entire families of, 221 ; the 

 vegetable forms by which the aspect of 

 Nature is principally determined, 221— 

 229; their numerical relations and 

 geographical distribution, 276 et seq.; 

 ratio of distribution, 285 ; as yet im- 

 perfectly explored in South America, 

 292-294 ; the leading vegetable forms 

 instructive to the landscape painter, 



