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A NATURALIST IN THE GUIANAS 



Slavery, 109 



Small, Dr. John K., 187-188 

 Smuggling salt, 68, 72-73 

 Snakes, 160 

 Snake-bite, 252 seq 

 Socidt^ du Haut Or^noque, 12 

 Soledad, 55 



' Spectator ' quoted, 232 

 Spence's ' The Land of Bolivar,' 62 

 Suapure river, 2 



— station, 7, 9, 14, 104-108, 113, 302 

 Sugar-industry, 122, 126-127 

 Sun-bitterns, 217-218 

 Suraima, 218, 260 



Sylvestre (Indian), 15-20, 23, 26, 

 300 



Taeniotriccus Andrei, 159 n 



Taparitos tribe, 6, 7, 191 



Tapirs, 134, 172-173, 181-182, 205- 



207, 210, 213-215, 223, 227-228, 



244-246, 260, 270, 273, 275 

 Temblador, 7, 9, 91, 104-105, 115- 



120, 171, 189, 283, 285, 302 

 Terns, 209 

 Themistocles, 77-78 

 Thurn's ' Among the Indians of 



Guiana,' 300 

 Tiger stories, 175 

 Tinamus, 155-156, 240 

 Tocantins river, 56 

 Tonca-bean industry, 7-11, 14, 104, 



110, 119, 129, 152, 163, 176 

 Topiawari (native chief), 6 

 Torno, 94 

 Torquemada's ' De la Monarquia 



Indiana,' 65 n 

 Tribes, extinct, 5, 14, 139, 297 

 Tring Museum, 304 

 Trinidad, 10, 13, 21, 33-34, 51-52, 



61-62, 72, 75, 91, 97, 131, 143-145, 



153, 166-168, 174-175, 190, 226, 



285, 289 

 Tucumay, 146 

 Turagua mountain, 8, 13, 14, 21, 



23-32, 152, 202 

 Turban, Ilaoul (taxidermist), 15, 24, 



29, 30 



Uebaxa, Luis ('the Pirate'). 135, 

 169, 175, 193-195, 204, 206, 213, 

 227, 244, 248-250, 255, 264-271, 

 274, 276, 284 



Urbani village, 100 



Urrutia, General, 37 



Vanilla-vixe, 172 



Venezuela, 1, 8, 12, 21, 38-44, 56, 

 61, 64, 66, 77, 90, 93, 109, 124 seq ; 

 risings in, 34, 63, 95, 105 ; export 

 and import duties of, 67-68 ; salt 

 industry in, 68-70 ; diet in, 73- 

 74 ; leprosy in, 74 ; cockfighting, 

 78 seq ; bullfighting, 83 seq ; 

 gambling in, 85 seq ; maps of, 

 1-2, 299 



Ventuari river, 1, 2, 101. 211, 212 



Vicente (Indian), 169, 175, 190-192, 

 281, 286, 288 



Villegente, Mr. (' the Bird-carpen- 

 ter '), taxidermist, 39, 190, 195, 

 234-235, 256-257, 264-267, 275- 

 279, 282 



Von Berlepsch, Count Hans, 304 



Vultures, 174 



Waiomgomos tribe, 5, 6, 16, 165, 

 191, 212, 233. 286, 297-300 



Water-snakes, 178 



Water-tortoises, 193, 196-197, 288- 

 290 



Water-vine, 27 



West India Islands, 66, 66, 109 



Wild-duck shooting, 93-94, 107 



Yapecuna river, 5 



Yaraqu6, 175 ; preparation of, 291- 



292 

 York, 77 

 — Dean of, 77 

 Yumariguin mountains, 299 

 Yuruari mines, 41, 50 



Zamora, 111 



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