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INDEX. 



Pao, town of, 65. 

 Pai:)aw-tree, 51. 

 Papallacta, 266. 



departure from, 207. 

 Para, city of, 318. 



estuary of, 317. 

 Paramos, 201, 203. 

 Passports, 172. 

 Pastassa, 225. 

 Pebas, 296. 

 Peccaries, 287. 

 Pcdrero, 188. 

 Peruvian coast, 193. 



coast, causes of sterility, 199. 



coast, climate of, 200. 



empire, fall of, 229. 

 Petare, 22. 



Petroleum-wells, 200. 

 Phosphorescence, 196. 

 Phosphorescent insects, 151. 

 Pichincha, 215. 



ascent of, 2-16. 



crater of. 247. 



plants within crater, 249. 



storm within crater, 249. 



view from, 251. 

 Piedra de la Paciencia, 137. 



del Tig-re, 134. 

 Pimicliin, town of, 167. 

 Pineapples, 24. 

 Pirarucu, 189. 

 Polylepis-tree, 267. 

 Population of Caracas, 19. 



of Guayaquil, 202. 



of La G-uaira, 1. 



of Puerto Cabello, 57. 



of Quito, 232. 



of Venezuela, 19. 

 Portage of Pimichin, 165. 

 Portuguesa, 65. 



navigation upon, 88. 

 Portuguese currency, 175. 

 Posada scene, 218. 

 Posaderos, 34. 

 Pot-holes, 148. 



Preparations for leaving Quito, 253. 

 Printing-presses in Caracas, 19. 

 Professor Ernst, 7. 



Gearing, 7. 



Hart, 301. 

 Protestant bui'ial-ground at Quito, 



257. 

 Puerto Cabello, 57. 



exports of, 57. 



population of, 57. 

 Puma, 106. 

 Puna, island of, 201. 

 Putaro Kiver, falls of, 188. 



Quebrada de Tipo, 6. 

 Quito, altitude of, 226. 



buildings of, 231. 



classes in, 234. 



climate of, 227. 



departure from, 225. 



lack of enterprise in, 234. 



fete-Aaj at, 235. 



future of, 236. 



history of, 227. 



modern, 231. 



plazas in, 231. 



population of, 232. 



Protestant burial at, 257. 



religion in, 235. 



valley of, 226, 258, 260. 

 Quitonian volcanoes, 239. 



Eaces, problem of, 233. 

 Eain, fall of, at Caracas, 21. 

 Eancho, 268. 



Eapids, shooting of, 79, 283. 

 Eaudal de Atabajo, 138. 



Atures, 141. 



Atures, passage of, 143. 



Cariben, 135. 



Garcita, 150. 



los Guahibos, 152. 



Marimara, 134. 



Maypures, 152. 



Maypures, fall of, 154. 



Tabaja, 137. 

 Eeligion in Quito, 235. 

 Eeligious intolerance, 257. 

 Eio Branco, 188. 



Caliente, 54. 



Clarito, 108. 



Cosanga, 269. 



Esmeraldas, 200, 225. 



Guaira, 10, 12. . 



Napo, 276. 



Napo, features of, 286. 



Napo, Indians on, 281. 



Napo, rapids of, 283. 



Napo, storms upon, 292. 



Napoj watch upon, 292. 



Napo, winds upon, 278. 



Negro, breadth of, 187, 191. 



Negro, cataracts of, 179. 



Negro, climate of, 177. 



Negro, experiences on, 190. 



Negro, features of, 180. 



Negro, geology of, 189. 



Negro, routes to, from Orinoco, 

 160. 



Negro, scarcity of life on, 176. 



Negro, scenery upon, 185. 



Negro, waters of, 168. 



Negro, winds upon, 187. 



