INDEX 



agriculture 



of Argentina, 390, 412 



of Bolivia, 287, 321, 326, 337 



of Colombia, 13, 42, 76-7, 108, 



112 

 of Peru, 270 

 Andes. See mountains 

 Angostura, 142 

 animals 



of Argentina, 391, 401, 404 jf. 

 of Bolivia, 285, 289, 293, 296, 



299, 308, 377 

 of Brazil, 224, 238, 246, 249 

 of Colombia, 6, 13, 36, 38, 44, 

 51-2, 56, 88-9, 101-3, 111, 115, 

 118, 127 

 of Paraguay, 202, 206, 209-13, 



215 

 of Venezuela, 151, 167, 175-6 

 ant-eater, 118, 215 

 Antioquia, 113, 121 

 ants, 99, 118, 133, 235, 258, 261, 317, 



381 

 Arauca, 148 

 Arequipa, 268 

 armadillo, 211 

 Asuncion, 199 

 Atures Cataract, 152, 154 

 Aymara Indians, 273 



bat, 101, 209, 289, 299 



beena, 186 



beverages: chicha, 286; somo, 337; 



yerba mate, 202, 394 

 birds 



of Argentina, 365, 368 ff., 373, 

 375 #., 379/., 384, 387, 391, 

 397, 407, 417 ff. 

 of Bolivia, 282, 284, 288, 291, 

 293, 297-8, 309, 314, 326-7, 

 330, 338, 344 ff., 353, 359 

 of Brazil, 247, 250, 256, 259, 261 

 of Colombia, 6, 13, 20, 31/., 36, 

 42, 48, 50, 57, 59, 71, 77, 81, 

 88, 97/., 103, 108/., Ill, 113, 

 117, 125, 128/., 132, 134 ff. 



birds — continued 



of Paraguay, 199, 201, 207, 213, 

 217, 221 



of Venezuela, 157, 161, 170, 174, 

 183, 189, 191 

 boa-constrictor, 403 

 Buenaventura, 3, 110 

 Buenos Aires, 198 

 Buritica, 122 

 bushmaster, 72, 133, 308 



Cabulla, 76 



cacao, 42 



cactus, 329 



Caicara, 147 



Calama, 261 ff. 



Caldas, 6 



Cali, 10 ff. 



Callao, 266 



Caqueta, 92/. 



Carretia Falls, 158 



Cartago, 47 



cassava, 159 



Catafiapo River, 153 



catfish, 117, 151 



Cauca, 12, 40#., 116 



Caura, 146/. 



Cerro do Norte, 236 



Cerro Munchique, 29 



Cerro Torra, 70 



Chaco, 378/.; Gran Chaco, 203 



chicha, 286 



Chil6n, 329 



Chimorc River, 311 ff. 



Choc6, 64 



Cisneros, 5, 110 



Ciudad Bolivar, 142 



climate 



of Argentina, 381, 399, 421 



of Bolivia, 288, 324 



of Colombia, 3, 8, 21, 54, 61-3, 

 64, 80, 83, 94 



of Venezuela, 176, 185, 190 

 coca, 287 

 Cochabamba, 279 

 cock-of-the-rock, 89^". 



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