INDEX. 



443 



Gobi, Steppe of, 5, 58 ; elevation of, 59. 



Gomphrenas, 214. 



Gonzales, Juan, shipwrecked, 172. 



Gothard, Mont, height of, 35. 



Gottenburg, situation and temperature 

 of, 104. 



Gramiuese, 94, 285, 286. 



Granite, masses of leaden-coloured, 19, 

 141 ; turned black by the waters of 

 the Orinoco, 163, 164. 



Grasses of the Steppes, 16; farinaceous, 

 culture of, 128; colossal stalks of a 

 species of, 158, 180 ; arborescent, 221 ; 

 one of the vegetable forms by which 

 the aspect of Nature is principally 

 determined, 228, 334-337. 



Greeks, extent of their maritime disco- 

 veries, 111. 



Grossulariaceae, 310. 



Guaharibes, waterfall of the, 151. 



Guaicas, tribe of the. 158. 



Guainia, the river, 159, 160. 



Gualgaya, argentiferous mountain of, 

 404; value oi silver obtained from, 405. 



Guamani, Paramo de, 417. 



Guanaco, of South America, 126. 



Guanaxuato, elevation of, 208. 



Guancabamba, Rio de, 398; the swim- 

 ming couriers of, 399, 400. 



Guanches, race of the, 51. 



Guangamarca, Andes pass of, 417, 418. 



Guaranes, a tribe of South America, 12, 

 13, 134, 135. 



Guareke Indians, savannahs inhabited by 

 the, 163; melancholy legend of the, 

 172; their extinction, 172; skeletons 

 and skulls of, 172. 



Guaviare, the river, 159, 160. 



Guayaquil, Rio de, peculiar blackness of 

 its water, 160. 



Guaycas, Indians, 178. 



Guiana, the granitic stones of, 155; im- 

 penetrable forests of, 161 ; method of 

 preserving the dead among the tribes 

 of, 171; observations on the coast of, 

 176. 



Guinea, negroes of, eat earth, 145. 



Guirion, mission of, 182. 



Gulf-stream of Mexico, 121-124. 



Gustavia, delicate blossoms spring from 

 the rough bark, 230, 348. 



Gymnotus, the electric eel, 17 ; mode of 

 capturing, 18; experiments on, 139. 



HAMI, oasis of, 62. 



Hanno, Periplus of, 113. 



Harudsch, desert near the mountains of, 

 2 ; basaltic mountains of, 44 ; geologi- 

 cal features of, 45. 



Heat, physical causes for the diminution 

 of in South America, 7 ; genei-al dis- 

 quisition on, 96 et seq.; of North 

 America, 103 et seq.; of the interior 

 of the earth, 373, 379. 



Heaths, of northern Europe, may be 

 regarded as steppes, 2. 



, (Ericaceae), one of the vegetable 



forms by which the aspect of nature is 

 principally determined, 225 ; the habi- 

 tats and natural history of, 308, 309. 



Hedgehog, hybernation of the, 212. 



" Hell's Mouth," the whirlpool so called, 

 162. 



Hermesia castanifolia, 197, 202. 



Herodotus, has described the deserts of 

 Northern Africa, 9. 



Herrera, his observations on the voyage 

 of Columbus, 156, 175. 



Hesperides, of the ancients, 111. 



Hillhouse, Mr., navigates the Massaruni, 

 184, 185. 



Himalaya, estimated height of the, 32; 

 mountain plateau of the, 54 ; the moun- 

 tain chain of, 63, 68; observations of 

 various travellers, 70; general eleva- 

 tion of, 71 ; on the perpetual snow-line 

 of the, 74. 



Hindoo-Coosh, situation of the, 67. 



Hiongnu, a tribe of Eastern Asia, 52, 

 80,81. 



Hobart Town, situation and temperature 

 of, 109. 



Hordacese, 128. 



Horse, the constant attendant of man, 17 ; 

 everywhere exposed to attack, 17. 



Huancaya, canine worship of the Indians 

 of, 85. 



Huayna Capac, of the family of the 

 Incas, 412, 430, 431. 



Humboldt, Alexander von, his journey 

 over the plateau or table-land of Caxa- 

 marca to the shores of the Pacific, 

 390-420 (see Caxamarca); illustrative 

 notes of the journey, 421-436. 



, works of, referred to in various 



notes; 



Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 



162,278. 



Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 

 205, 255, 258, 328. 



