CONTENTS. 11 



CHAPTER XI. 



VOYAGE FROM CUMANA TO GUAYRA. , 



Passage from Cumana to La Guayra— Pliosptiorcsccnce of the Sea- 

 Group of the Caraccas ami Chiinanas— Port of New-Bareelona— La 

 Guayra— Yellow Fever — Coast and Cape Blanco — Road from La 

 Guayra to Caraccas 110 



CHAPTER Xn. 



CITY OF CARACCAS AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT. 



City of Caraccas— General View of Venezuela— Population— Climate- 

 _ Character of the Inhabitants of Caraccas— Ascent of the Silla— Geo- 

 logical Nature of the District, and the Mines 123 



CHAPTER XIII. 



EARTHQUAKES OF CARACCAS. 



Extensive Connexion of Earthquakes— Eruption of the Volcano of St. 

 Vincent's— Earthquake of the 2Gth March, 1S12— Ucstruction of the 

 City— Ten Thousand of the Inhabitants killed- Consternation of the 

 Survivors — Extent of the Commotions 135 



CHAPTER XIV. 



JOURNEY FROJI CARACCAS TO THE LAKE OF VALENCIA. 



departure from Caraccas— La Puenavista — Valleys of San Pedro and the 

 Tuy— Mantcrola—Zamang-tree— Valleys of Aragua— Lake of Valencia 

 —Diminution of its Waters- Hot Springs— .Jaguar— New-Valencia— 

 Thermal Waters of La Trinchera— Porto CabcUo— Cow-tree— Cocoa- 

 plantations— General View of the Littoral District of Venezuela. . 142 



CHAPTER XV. 



JOURNEY ACROSS THE LLANOS FROM ARAGUA TO SAN 

 FERNANDO. 



Mountains between the Valleys of Aragua and the Llanos— Their Geologi- 

 cal Constitution— The Llanos of Caraccas — Route over the Savanna 

 lo the Rio Apure — Cattle and Deer — Vegetation — Calabozo — Gymnoti 

 or Electric Eels — Indian Girl — Alligators and Boas — Arrival at San 

 Fernando de Apure 160 



CHAPTER XVI. 



VOYAGE DOWN THE RIO APURE. 



San Fernando- Commencement of the Rainy Season- Progress of At- 

 mospherical Phenomena — Cetaceous Animals — Voyage down the Rio 

 Apure— Vegetation and Wild Animals— Crocodiles, Chiguires, and 



