﻿INDEX 
  

  

  Panama 
  Shells. 
  251 
  

  

  Columbia, 
  West. 
  New 
  Grenada, 
  reacliing 
  from 
  about 
  2° 
  S. 
  lat. 
  to 
  8° 
  N. 
  lat. 
  ; 
  

   iDcUuiing 
  Guayaquil 
  on 
  tlie 
  South. 
  It 
  is 
  frequently 
  written 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  Corichagua. 
  Another 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Fonseca 
  ; 
  also 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  volcano 
  

   near 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  

  

  Coxta 
  Rica. 
  A 
  province 
  of 
  Central 
  America, 
  between 
  Nicaragua 
  on 
  the 
  north, 
  

   and 
  Veragua 
  on 
  the 
  southea^^t. 
  The 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Nicoya 
  penetrates 
  the 
  middle 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  ; 
  it 
  lies 
  between 
  about 
  8° 
  30' 
  and 
  10° 
  40' 
  N. 
  lat. 
  

  

  Ousma. 
  A 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  I'eru; 
  lat. 
  about 
  9° 
  40' 
  S. 
  

  

  Fonseca, 
  Gulf 
  of. 
  Also 
  called 
  Amapalla 
  and 
  Conchagua. 
  A 
  spacious 
  hai'bor 
  

   in 
  Central 
  Ameiica; 
  lat. 
  about 
  13° 
  N 
  

  

  Gallapago 
  hlandx. 
  A 
  group 
  lying 
  under 
  the 
  Equator, 
  with 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  85° 
  30' 
  

   "W. 
  long, 
  passing 
  througli 
  the 
  central 
  island. 
  They 
  are 
  uuuihabited. 
  They 
  are 
  

   about 
  6GU 
  nautical 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  maiulaud. 
  

  

  Guacomayo. 
  In 
  Central 
  America. 
  

  

  Guayaquil. 
  A 
  town, 
  gulf, 
  &.c, 
  in 
  lat. 
  2" 
  11 
  ' 
  S. 
  

  

  Gnaymax. 
  A 
  town 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  side 
  of 
  tlie 
  Gulf 
  of 
  California, 
  in 
  

   Lit 
  about 
  28° 
  N. 
  

  

  Honda, 
  Bay 
  of. 
  A 
  small 
  bay 
  next 
  west 
  of 
  Montija 
  Bay, 
  in 
  Veragua, 
  in 
  about 
  

   7° 
  45' 
  N. 
  lat. 
  

  

  Islay. 
  In 
  Peru. 
  

   Isthmus. 
  Sc. 
  of 
  Panama. 
  

  

  Lamhnjeque. 
  A 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Peru 
  ; 
  lat. 
  6° 
  45' 
  S. 
  

   La 
  Paz. 
  A 
  town 
  or 
  mission 
  in 
  Lower 
  California, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf, 
  

   in 
  lat. 
  about 
  24° 
  30' 
  N. 
  

  

  Lobos 
  I. 
  Near 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Peru, 
  in 
  lat. 
  about 
  6° 
  40' 
  S. 
  

  

  Lord 
  Hood's 
  L 
  Hood's 
  I., 
  iu 
  the 
  southeast 
  part 
  of 
  Polynesia, 
  in 
  about 
  22° 
  S. 
  

   lat. 
  and 
  135° 
  W. 
  long. 
  

  

  Magdalena, 
  Bay 
  of. 
  In 
  Lower 
  California, 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  side, 
  in 
  lat. 
  about 
  24° 
  

   40' 
  N. 
  

  

  Mazatlan. 
  A 
  town 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  near 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  California, 
  in 
  

   lat. 
  about 
  23° 
  20' 
  N. 
  

  

  Mexico. 
  Occupying 
  the 
  Pacific 
  shore 
  from 
  lat. 
  about 
  83° 
  N. 
  to 
  15° 
  N., 
  from 
  

   Upper 
  California 
  to 
  Central 
  America. 
  

  

  Monte 
  Christi. 
  A 
  town 
  in 
  New 
  Grenada, 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Guayaquil 
  ; 
  lat 
  

   about 
  1° 
  S. 
  

  

  Montijo, 
  Bay 
  of. 
  In 
  Veragua, 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side, 
  next 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  

   Panama. 
  

  

  Miiei'te, 
  Isle 
  of. 
  In 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Guayaquil. 
  

  

  Nicoya, 
  Gulf 
  of. 
  In 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  lat 
  between 
  9° 
  and 
  10° 
  N 
  

   Pacosmayo. 
  Probably 
  in 
  Central 
  America. 
  

  

  