INDEX 



427 



monkey, 175, 210, 246, 249, 293, 296, 

 314; howling, 44; bridges of, 115 



Monte Christo, 255 



mosquito, 206, 192 



mountains: Cerro Munchique, 29; 

 Cerro Torra, 70; Cordillera Occi- 

 dental, 9; Huana Potosi, 271; Illi- 

 mani, 271; Mount Saint Ignacio, 

 19; Murarata, 271; Nevada del 

 Tolima, 54; Paramillo, 120; Purace, 

 19, 22; Sotara, 23 



Mundrucu Indians, 262 



native. See Indian 

 negroes, 187 

 Nevada del Tolima, 54 

 Nhambiquara Indians, 232 ff. 

 Novita, 64, 71 



Orinoco River, 141-179 



pacu, 117 



Panama hats, manufacture of, 79 



Papagayo Falls, 228 



Papayan, 23 ff. 



Paramillo, 120 



pdramo, 58 



Parana River, 240 



Parcels Indians, 228 



Parintintin Indians, 262 



Patamona Indians, 185 ff. 



Perico, 372 /. 



Perrico, 152 



Peru, 265 ff. 



Piaroa Indians, 159 



Pilcomayo River, 203, 350 ff. 



piranha, 164, 205, 262 



piraructi, 262 



plants 



of Bolivia, 294, 297, 315, 317, 324, 

 329, 338 



of Brazil, 243, 249 



of Colombia, 8, 30, 47, 57-9, 78, 

 81, 101, 108, 111, 125 



of Venezuela, 157, 170, 180, 182 

 Porto Gallileo, 204 

 Purace, 19, 22 



Quechua Indians, 277, 281, 321, 347, 

 356 ff. 



raccoon, 285 



rapids: Atures, 152, 154; Guajibo, 



155; Maipures, 154; San Borja, 



152; Sao Feliz, 256 



rat, 224; cone-rat, 308; coypu-rat, 



390-1 

 reproduction, rate of, in tropics, 



245-6 



reptiles, size of, 195-7 

 of Argentina, 403 

 of Bolivia, 307-8 

 of Brazil, 236, 262 

 of Colombia, 36, 72, 88, 133 

 of Paraguay, 215 

 of Venezuela, 160 

 rice, 390, 393 

 Rio de Janeiro, 194 ff. 

 Rio Grande, 342 /. 



rivers: Arauca, 148; Catanapo, 153; 

 Cauca, 12, 40/., 116; Chimore*, 

 31 1/.; Commemoracao, 249; Cu- 

 nucunuma, 171; Dagua, 5; Essi- 

 quibo, 181; Guaviare, 162; Ha- 

 vita, 67; Lao, 168; Meta, 150; 

 River of Doubt, 198; Orinoco, 

 141 jf.; Parand, 240; Pilcomayo, 

 203; Sacre, 228; San Antonio, 

 291; San Juan, 74/.; Tamana, 

 70; Vichada, 159 

 rubber, 155, 169, 182, 254 



Sacre River, 228 



Saint Ignacio, 19 



Salavery, 266 



Salencio, 65 



Salta, 367 



Salvajito, 154 



San Agustin, 85 



San Antonio River, 291 



San Borja Rapids, 152 



San Cocho, 76 



San Fernando de Atabapo, 157, 162 



San Jorge Rapids, 149 



San Juan, 74/.; feast of, 100 



Sao Feliz Rapids, 256 



Sirion6 Indians, 318 



sloth, 88 



Sotara, 23 



Sucre, 346 ff. 



sugar, 13 



Tamand, 70 

 tannin, 204 

 Tapirapoan, 223 

 Tarabuco, 346 

 Tiahuanaco, 270 

 Titicaca Lake, 269 



