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A NATURALIST IN THE GUIANAS 



Callao Company, 51-52 

 — Mines, 50, 108 



Calliste x>aradisea, 190 



Camaracotas tribe, 284, 300 



Canaracuna river, 5 



Cangrejo, 7, 9, 177, 178 



Cauo Guayapo, river, 9, 136 



Canterbury, 77 



Canuri, 6 



Caracas, 61, 68, 95 



Carenage, 38 



Cariaco, gulf of, 70, 74, 114 



Caribbean Sea, 114 



Caribs, 212 



Caroni river, 1, 2, 53-54, 100, 101, 

 300 



Cassava plant, 289-292 



Cassiquiare, 100 



Castro, General, 61, 91, 95 n 



Cattle-rearing, 75, 102-103 



Caulin, Father, 100 



Caura, river, 1, 2, 7, 33, 178, 182-183, 

 195, 201, 208, 209, 269, 274, 303, 

 304 ; source of, 4 ; tribes on the, 5-7, 

 297-298 ; missionaries on the, 6 ; 

 tonca-bean industry on the, 7-11 ; 

 first visit to, 12 seq ; rubber in- 

 dustry on the, 33-34 ; expedition 

 up the, 90 seq ; diseases prevalent 

 on the, 110-111, 183; rise of the, 

 135, 137, 196, 279 ; limits of the, 

 210. See also U7ider Merevari 



' Caura ' steamer, 13, 34, 91 seq. 

 106 seq 



Cayenne, 34 



Centurion, Governor Don Manuel, 

 101 



Chawarro, 5, 284 



Cherrie, Mr., 304 



• Chichi ' (native). See under Asoque, 

 Pedro 



Christiansen, Brothers, 95 



Cinco mil pesos channel, 195 



Ciudad-Bolivar, 8-14, 33-35, 41, 44, 

 51-64, 69, 72-78, 84, 90, 91, 98, 

 104, 105, 112, 119, 129, 168, 193, 

 302 



Ciudad de San Carlos village, 101, 

 171 



Coche, 68 



Cockfighting, 78 seq 



' Cock of the Hock ' bird, 201, 238 



Cocoa-plantations, 171 



Codazzi, quoted, 5 



Colombia, 39, 63, 78 seq, 160, 169, 

 178, 221 



Columbia University, 187 



Columbus, quoted, 40 



Cormorants, 114-115 



Coro, 68 



Cosmer, Captain, 48 



Cotton-spinning, 286-288 



Creepers, 257 ; uses of, 125, 202, 

 253-254 ; dangers of, 153-154 



Crespo, Mrs., 102 



— President, 102-106 



Croney, Corporal, 36 



Cuchivero river, 2, 7 



Cucurital, 118 



Cumana, 68, 69, 73, 74, 114, 160 



Curassow rapids, 270 



Curassows, 153-158, 210, 243, 252, 

 257-260, 263, 266 



Customs ; native blood-feuds, 4, 20 ; 



serenades and feast-days, 11, 129 ; 



pack carrying, 15, 127-128, 202- 



203, 292-293 ; Indians assuming 



Spanish names, 15, 300 ; protection 



of snakes, 21 ; buildings in South 



America, 57, 125; dances, 71, 119, 



! 292, 300 ; modes of fishing, 75, 97, 



j 135-136, 182-183, 205 ; cockfight- 



I ing, 76 seq ; bullfighting, 83 seq ; 



\ tilting the ring, 84 ; gambling, 41, 



85, 129 ; life of the natives, 123- 



125, 290 seq ; hospitality, 120, 130- 



131 ; building ranches, 195-196 ; 



painting the body, 298 



Cuyuni river, 101 



Dagua river, 170 



Darwin's ' Fertilisation of Orchids, 



133?!. 

 de Aguila, Garcia, 48 

 de Grados, Geronimo, 45-48 

 ' Delta,' steamer, 34, 39-41, 54, 56 

 Demerara, 34, 233 

 Derby, Earl of, 77 

 Dug-outs, 169-170, 294-295 



Edwabd'8 ' Life of Sir Walter 



Ralegh,' 45 

 Egret feathers (ospreys), 64-66, 96 

 El Callao, 53 

 El Muelle village, 114 

 El Potrero cattle-ranch, 93 

 Emecuni river, 5 

 Epifanio. See under Munoz 

 Erewato river, 6, 19. 101, 199, 



210-212, 216 



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