INDEX. 



ADANSONIA digitata (monkey-bread tree), one of the largest and oldest 

 trees of the globe, 286. 



Allco, the native Peruvian dog, 99. 



Aloe, 243, 349. 



Altai, one of the four parallel mountain chains in Central Asia, 83.* 



American races, connection between the inhabitants of Western Ame- 

 rica and Eastern Asia probable, but its nature and period uncer- 

 tain, 146. 



Andes, etymological considerations connected with the word Andes 

 or Antis, 438. 



Animal life, its universal diffusion, 227. 



Asia, Central, general review of its mountain systems, 83. 



Atlas. The position of the ancient Atlas discussed, 124. 



Atahuallpa, site of his ancient palace, 428 ; his prison, 429 ; death, 

 429 ; descendants, 430 ; notice of the comet which appeared in the 

 year on which the Inca was put to death, 446. 



Banks, slightly elevated portions of the Llanos, called "Banks" by 



the natives, 25, 47. 

 Boa, swims in the South American rivers, and carries its head above 



water like a dog, 155. 

 Bogota, the seat- of an ancient civilization of the Muyscas or Chib- 



chas, 442. 



Cactus, 241, 326. 



Camel, 71 ; Hitter's memoir on the diffusion of the camel, present 

 existence in a wild state, 72 ; fossil in the Sewalik hills, 73. 



Casas grandes, ruins of an Aztec palace, 141. 



Casuarinese, 242, 329. 



Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Incas, 413, 427. 



Cereals. Original country of the principal Cereals discussed, 141. 



Chibchas, 442. 



Chimborazo, conjectures as to the origin of the name, 250. 



Chota, silver mines of, 424. 



Cinchona, fever-bark, or quina, 413, 439. 



Climate of the eastern or flat portions of South America widely dif- 

 ferent from that of Africa in the same latitudes, causes of the 



