10 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



CUMANA. 



Landing at Cumana Introduction to the Governor State of the Sick- 

 Description of the Country and City of Cumana Mode of Bathing in 

 the Manzanares Port of Cumana Earthquakes ; Their Periodicity ; 

 Connexion with the State of the Atmosphere ; Gaseous Emanations ; 

 Subterranean Noises ; Propagation of Shocks ; Connexion between 

 those of Cumana and the West Indies ; and general Phenomena. . . 59 



CHAPTER VI. 



RESIDENCE AT CUMANA. 



Lunar Halo African Slaves Excursion to the Peninsula of Araya 

 Geological Constitution of the Country Salt-works of Araya Indians 

 and Mulattoes Pearl-fishery Maniquarez Mexican Deer Spring 

 of Naphtha 66 



CHAPTER VII. 



MISSIONS OF THE CHAYMAS. 



Excursion to the Missions of the Chayma Indians Remarks on Cul- 

 tivation The Impossible Aspect of the Vegetation San Fernando 

 Account of a Man who suckled a Child Cumanacoa Cultivation of 

 Tobacco Igneous Exhalations Jaguars Mountain of Cocollar 

 Turimiquiri Missions of San Antonio and Guanaguana 73 



CHAPTER VIH. 



EXCURSION CONTINUED, AND RETURN TO CUMANA. 



Convent of Caripe Cave of Guacharo, inhabited by Nocturnal Birds 

 Purgatory Forest Scenery Howling Monkeys Vera Cruz Cariaco 

 Intermittent Fevers Cocoa-trees Passage across the Gulf of Cari- 

 aco to Cumana 86 



CHAPTER IX. 



INDIANS OF NEW-ANDALUSIA. 



Physical Constitution and Manners of the Chaymas Their Languages 

 American Races 96 



CHAPTER X. 



RESIDENCE AT CUMANA. 



Residence at Cumana Attack of a Zambo Eclipse of the San- 

 Extraordinary Atmospherical Phenomena Shocks of an Earthquake 

 Luminous Meteors 104 



