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GENERAL INDEX. 



Llama (Span, pron., 1-yah'maK), the South 

 American camel (see Guanaco), 41, etc. 



Locust, bred in deserts, 81 ; swarm like a cloud, 

 81 ; speed of flight, height from ground, 

 noise, 82 ; driven off by cottagers, 83. 



London, the chief city of England, 74. 



Low, Captain, a sealing-master in Patagonian 

 waters, 101. 105. 



Luxan or Lujan (Span, pron., loo-hahn"), a 

 town on the western border of the Argen- 

 tine Republic, 81. 



Lyco'sa, a kind of spider, 84. 



M. 



MAOAHE (Port, pron., mah-kah-a), a river in 

 south-eastern Brazil, north of Cape Frio, 11 3. 



Macrocys'tis pyri'fera (kelp), ] 72. 



Madrina (Span, pron., mah-drenali), the bell- 

 mule (or bell-leader) of a troop of mules, 

 33, 34. 



Magellan Strait, separating Patagonia and 

 the island of Tierra del Fuego, 33, 66, 93, 

 182. 



Magpie, 78. 



Maldonado (Span, pron., mal-do-nah'do\ a 

 seaport town of Uruguay, 63, 125. 



Mango, 171. 



Mares (see Horse). 



Mastodon, an extinct animal resembling the el- 

 ephant, fossil remains in South America, 31. 



Mate (Span, pron., mah'ta), a South Ameri- 

 can shrub used for tea, 110. 



Mayor -domo (Span, pron., mah-jor-dom'o), a 

 superintendent, 184, 185. 



Mazeppa, a Pole, born 1644, died 1709, was, 

 for a punishment, bound to a wild horse's 

 back, which was then set loose, 109. 



Meat diet of Gauchos, 123; of Chilian miners, 

 131. 



Mendoza (Span, pron., men-do' -thah), a west- 

 ern town and province of the Argentine Re- 

 public, 81, 147 ; plains, 182. 



Mercedes (Span, pron., rner-thd' dace\ a town 

 in western Uruguay, 126, 128. 



Mimosa tree, 148. 



Miners of Chile, 129-132. 



Misericor'dia(Span.) "mercy," "have mer- 

 cy" 186. 



Mocking-thrush, 76 ; tameness, 77. 



Monkey, with prehensile tail, 38 ; bearded, 4 1 . 



Montevideo (Span, pron., mon^-td-ve-dd'o), the 

 capital of Uruguay the name means "pros- 

 pect hill" 29 ; hibernation of animals, 195. 



Moresby, Captain, 89. 



Mosquitoes, 145. 



Mountains of Tierra del Fuego, 175, 176. 



Mount Sarmiento, in Tierra del Fuego, 176. 



Mule, knows its leader, follows a scent, 33; 

 endurance, superior to its parents, 34. 



Murrumbidgee River, in New South Wales, 

 Australia, a tributary of the Murray River, 

 72. 



N. 



NEGRO lieutenant under Rosas, 111; negro 

 woman's heroism, 112; a degraded slave, 

 113; cruel treatment of slaves, 113-116; 

 negress with a goitre, 128. 



New South Wales, an eastern division of Aus- 

 tralia, 165; peculiar trees, 165-167. 



New Zealand, a group of islands in the South 

 Pacific Ocean, belonging to Great Britain, 

 171. 



Noddy, a stupid and tame bird, 75. 



North America, some of its animals derived 

 from Asia, 31, 32. 



Niagara, the most famous falls in the United 

 States, 176. 



No se (Span, pron., no so) "I don't know" 

 109. 



O. 



OCEAN bed raised into mountains, 181; into 

 plains, 182; ocean prospect tedious, 196; 

 ocean vastness, 197. 



Octo'pus, the cuttle-fish, so called from its 

 " eight feet " or arms, 64. 



Olive, 143, 157. 



Orange-tree, 157, 162, 163, 164, 171. 



Os.orno, a volcano in the southern part of Chile, 

 177. 



Ostrich, range, food, how caught, 71, 72 : 

 good swimmer, 72 ; cock-bird larger, note, 

 sits on the nest, 73 ; attacks man, num- 

 bers and weight of eggs, 73 ; prey of puma, 

 45. 



Otter (see Sea-otter). 



Owl, 78, 80. 



Ox-cart of the Pampas, 147, 148, 



Ox knows its own troop, 34. 



