INDEX 



309 



Orinoco delta, 42, 44 



— Lower, 52, 212 



— Upper, 12, 62-63, 212 



— Shipping and Trading Co., 34, 

 62 



Orinocoponi tribe, 6 



Ospreys (egret-feathers), 64-65, 95 



Otters, 183 



Owls, 153 



Pacabaima mountains, 4, 5, 19, 13 



Padamo river, 211-212, 299 



Paisley, Dr. C. B., 36 



Palm-trees, 75, 131, 261, 280 



Palomeque, Diego, 46-48 



Panama, 143, 146, 229, 262 



Pancho (cook). See under Monte- 

 negro 



Para, 7, 65 



Para falls, 6, 101-102, 139, 179, 193- 

 197, 202, 205, 214, 215, 224, 242, 

 250, 255-258, 262, 264, 275-281, 

 284, 293-294, 304 ; described, 198- 

 199 



Para rubber, 65, 185, 188. See also 

 render Rubber 



Paragua river, 300 



Paria, gulf of, 70 



Parime, lake of, 3 



— mountains, 1, 4, 16, 91, 300, 304 



Paris, 52 



Parrots, habits of, 8, 174 



Paru falls, 101-102 



Peccaries, 134, 194 



Pedro. See under Asoque and Hos- 

 pedales 



Penelopes, 217, 220, 257-260 



Pepys, Samuel, 77 



Piaroas tribe, 28, 92, 113 



Pio (Indian paddler), 168, 177, 185 



' Pirate, the.' See wider Urbana, 

 Luis 



Piritu rapids, 9, 32, 102, 104, 176, 

 178, 192, 205, 209, 288 



Pizarro, 2 



Plessington, John, 45-46 



Point Araya, 45 



Poisonous plants, 289-290 



Port of Spain, 12, 34-37, 40, 56, 97, 

 144, 166, 174, 226 



Pozo Bravo, 180, 183, 189-192 



Puerto Antonio Liccioni, 106-108, 

 112-113, 117, 130, 136 71, 165, 168, 

 193-194, 283, 285, 301-303 



Puerto Cabello, 69 



Pulleyn's 'Etymological Compend,' 



40 

 Puma, 271, 277 



Qdelch-McConnell expeditions, 232 

 Quito plateau, 3 



Ealeqh, George, 47 



— Sir Walter, 3, 14, 49, 53 ; ' The 

 Discovery of Guiana,' 5 ; ' Life of,' 

 45 



— Walter (the younger), 45-48 

 Eamirez, Mateo, 195, 241, 252-256, 



263-264 



— Eamon, 193, 195, 204, 250-256, 

 263-265, 269-273, 276 



Raudalos Pauji, 270 



Eeid, Capt. Mayne, 96 



Eice, cultivation of, 108, 147 



Eice-bird, 145-147 



Eichard, J. B., 11-32, 183-184 



Eio Negro, 56, 165, 169 



Eivas, General, 105 



Eock, Sergeant, 36 



Eodriguez, Laureano, 195, 264, 265, 



271-273, 281 

 Eoraima mountain, 232 

 Eoseliano, 119 

 Eubber industry, 33-34, 65-67, 184- 



189, 289 

 Eum, manufacture of, 129-130 



Saba, Juan, 283, 285, 293 



St. Thomas village, 46-49, 55 



Salt, manfacture of, 68-72 



Salt beef, preparation of, 90-91 



San Felix, 13, 44, 50, 53-54 



San Fernando, 97, 144 



San Isidro, 102, 106 



San Luis mission, 101 



San Pedro, village, 100-101, 199 



Sandfly, 108 



Sarare, 111 



Sefton, Lord, 77 



Serrania de Mato, 8, 28, 113 



— de Parime, 1 



Seville, 84 



Shelton, Sergeant, 36 



Sierra Nevada, 237 



Silva, Juan, 195, 259, 264, 285; 



wife of, 285 - 

 Simon, Father, 49 

 Simon (native), 300 

 Sipapo river, 2 



