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Koro-koro (ibis), 217-218 

 Kosoibo-tree3, 258, 260, 271 



• La Aurora ' cattle-ranch, 102-106 



La Ceyva island, 48 



La Guavia, 69 



La Plata river, 56 



La Prision, 7, 9, 14-21, 31-32, 

 120-172, 177, 183, 187-193, 201, 

 204, 247, 252, 264, 275, 282-286, 

 301-304 



La Eaya rapids, 180-183 



La Union, 283 



Laja Conchera, 163 



— de los Perros, 16, 163 



— Grande, 17, 31, 163 



— Los Gallitos, 164 

 Laureano, Don, 71 

 Leon, General Perez, 38 

 Liccioni, Don Antonio, 108 

 Longacre, Mr. Orleans, 39, 119, 121, 



123, 168, 177, 178, 184, 187, 190, 



193-194 

 Los Castillos, 44, 49, 58 

 Low, Hugh & Co., 285 

 Lowther, Mr., 77 

 Lucy, Sergeant, 36 



Macareo channel, 42, 61 



Madeira river, 56 



Madrid, 65, 84 



Maipures, 63 



Maite (Indian guide), 15, 18, 19, 26, 

 30, 166, 169, 175-180, 191-243, 

 250-273, 282, 300 ; death of, 274 



Maivi river, 262-263 



Manapiari river, 211 



Manoa, city of, 3 



Manufactures, &c. : tonca-bean in- 

 dustry, 7-11, 14, 104, 110, 119, 

 129, 152, 163, 176; hammock 

 making, 40-41 , 287-288 ; gold-min- 

 ing, 50-54 ; egret-feather industry, 

 64-65, 95 ; saltpans, 68-72 ; fish- 

 ing, 75, 97, 135-136, 182-183, 205 ; 

 salted beef, 90-91 ; alligator-skin 

 industry, 94-96 ; cattle rearing, 

 75, 102-103 ; cheese-making, 103- 

 104 ; rice cultivation, 108, 147 ; 

 sugar, 122, 12(;-127 ; uses of 

 creepers and bark, 125, 127, 202, 

 253-254 ; rum, 129-130 ; cocoa- 

 plantations, 171 



Mapire, 98, 99, 117 



Maquiritares tribe, 92 

 Maracaibo, 74 

 Maravaca, 92 

 Margarita island, 41, 114 

 Maripa village, 14, 105-112 

 Mateo. See under Eamirez 

 Mato river, 113, 115 

 Medina, Jose Gregorio, 124-130, 



168, 169, 172, 193-194, 283, 301 

 Meoro (dog), 244, 271 

 Merevari mountains, 5, 28, 205, 212, 



297, 301 

 — river, 4, 5, 139, 210, 216, 222-227, 



231, 238, 240, 257, 298-9. See 



also under Caura 

 Merida mountains, 92 

 Meta river, 2, 62 

 Mexico, 95 



Monkeys, 160-161, 240 ; roasted, 259 

 Monos, 38 

 Montenegro, Pancho (cook), 169, 



173, 175, 193, 195, 200-201, 251, 



256-264, 284-285 

 Monteverde's compound, 119 

 Montezuma, 3 

 More, Sir Thomas, 151 

 Morocoto fishing, 182-183, 205, 289 

 Moths, 132, 139, 226 

 Mucurapo, 37 

 Mufioz, Epifanio, 195, 213, 223, 241, 



245, 263-264 

 Mura rapids, 5, 7, 9, 32-33, 101-102 



121, 138, 165-167, 170-178, 182, 



195, 205, 209, 278, 281-301 

 Murphy, John, 188 

 Muscivora coionata, 158 



'Nicaragua, The Naturalist in,' 150 

 Nichare river, 6, 7, 13, 33, 195-196 



201, 281, 304 ; expedition to the, 



165-192 

 Night-jars, 143-144 

 ' Novitates Zoologicae,' 159, 190, 



304 

 Nutall, Dr., 160-161 n 

 ' Nutrias ' steamer, 35 



Orchids, 162-163, 172, 201, 210, 266, 



272, 295; 'Fertilisation of,' 133- 



134 

 Orchid-hunting, 14, 32-33, 286, 288, 



293-294, 301-302 

 Orinoco river, 1-7, 35, 43-44, 50-73, 



92-99, 106, 108, 117, 129, 138, 166. 



182, 302-303 



