INDEX. 



537 



readied, 45, 46, 47 ; discovered by 

 chance, 54, 56 ; possibly peopled by 

 land, 57, 455 ; how beasts reached 

 the New World, 58, 59, 62, 63 ; 

 idea of Jewish descent of Indians 

 refuted, 67, 68 ; report of the In 

 dians ;us to their origin, 70, 71 ; 

 origin of native civilisation, 72 ; 

 shape of the Indies, 182 ; how there 

 can lie animals peculiar to, 277. 

 (&amp;lt;SVe Mexico, Peru.) 



Irrigation, 159 



Isaiah, prophecy, 44, 528 



Isthmus of Panama, question of a 

 canal, 135 



Japan, confession used in, 363, 369 



Jerome, St., view as to the shape of 

 the heavens, 2, 8, 15, 32 ; on Tar- 

 shish, 41 



Jesuits in Peru, iv ; their work, v. 

 (Sec Acosta.) 



Josephus on the position of Ophir, 39 



Lactantius, view as to the shape of 

 the Heavens, 2; held that there were 

 no antipodes, 19, 32 ; on the testi 

 mony of idols, 5((8 



Lakes in the Andes, 152 ; in Mexico. 153 



Lima, synod of; rule as to Indian 

 marriages, 426; council of, vii 



Liquidambar, 259 



Llamas, 2S9 ; as beasts of burden, 

 290; diseases, 291 



Llanos, 237 



Mac-robins, 24 



Magdsilena, river, 158 



Mai/e, 228 ; harvest, 229 ; uses. 229, 

 230; hour made from, 230, 231 



Malaeea, 33 



Manatis, 146 



Marriages, in Mexico, 370 ; in Peril, 

 369, 42-1, 425, 426 



Mela, Pomponius, 24 



Mendocino, cape ; nothing known be 

 yond, IS, 6(&amp;gt;. 171 



MenomotapH, climate of, 94 



Mercury. (Sec Quicksilver.) 



Messengers, Peruvian, 4&amp;lt;&amp;gt;9, 423 



Metals, abundance in the New World, 

 185; gold and silver, 186-9; min 

 eral wealth of Peru, 187 ; gold, 190 

 to 194; silver, 194; mines of Po- 

 tosi, 197 : quicksilver, 211 



Mexico. (&.&amp;lt; under Mexican Section.) 



Milky way. 7, 14, 15 



Miracles, of rain at Santa Cruz do la 

 Sierra, &quot;&amp;gt;2 1 ; worked by Spaniards, 

 52.~&amp;gt; ; in defenee of Spaniards, 52(5 ; 

 ,nt siege of Cu/.eo, 526. (Sic Omens.) 



Monks, 334, 335 ; in Mexico, 336 



Monkeys, 284, 285 



Months, Peruvian, 374, 375 



Moon, eclipses of, prove the earth is 



round, 5 ; worship of, 304 

 Mulberries, 269 

 Mummeries of the Yucas, 432 



Nature, study of, 184 



Navigation, Portuguese expert in the 



art of, 15 



Nepos, Cornelius. (See Plinv.) 

 New World. (Nee Indies.) 

 1 Nicaragua, 127 

 Night, cause of darkness, 5 

 Nile, sources unknown to the ancients, 



27 ; cause of inundation, 78 

 Nobility, Mexican, 438 

 North-west passage, 18, 141 



Obadiah, his prophecy, 43 



Olives, 269 



Omens, before the Spaniards arrived 



in Mexico, 5U6, 51 ( 

 Ophir, whether Peru is ( 37, 38 ; true 



position, 39 ; view of Josephus, 39 

 Oranges, plant themselves, 265 

 Orejones, nobles of Peru, 413 

 Orosius, Paulus ; on omens, 5u7 



I Panama, climate, 77 ; sea, 99 ; tide, 

 144 



Paraguay, inundations of, 78, 158 



Pearl, fisheries, 226, 227 



Peccaries, 282 



Penance, of Mexican priests, 338 ; of 

 Peruvians, 339 



Peru, seasons in, SO ; winds. 111,112; 

 rivers, 158 ; coast valleys, ICO, 161 ; 

 Sierra, 161 ; physical features, KM; 

 rainfall. 165; use of rainless coast, 

 166, 167 ; mineral wealth (sic Me 

 tals), 187 ; animals. 273, 2s2 ; birds, 

 275 ; vicunas, 2s7 ; llamas. 290 ; 

 mnixe, 226; roots, 232; pepper, 

 239 ; fruit, 251, 252 ; religion, 301, 

 302 ; deities, 304 ; idols. 308, 371 ; 

 superstitious, 309 ; worship of the 

 dead and ancestors, 311, 312, 313 ; 

 temples, 325, 326 ; convents of vir 

 gins, 331, 332; confession, 361, 362; 

 sacrifices, 340 to 344 ; sorcerers, 

 362, 367 ; marriage, 369 ; dances 

 and music, 445 



Pepinos, 237 



Pepper, 239, 240 



Phocion. (Net Agatarchides.) 



Picture writing, 403 



Pilot tish. or l{onuro&amp;gt;. 117 

 1 Pino apple.-. 236 



