SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 299 



castles from the bed of the river ; the summits of the lofty palm 

 trees pierce through the cloud of spray and vapour . 219226 



Haudal of Atures ; numerous islands ; rocky dikes connecting one 

 island with another, and the resort of pugnacious golden Pipras. 

 Parts of the bed of the river at the cataracts are dry, from the 

 waters having found a passage by subterranean channels. We 

 visited the rocks at the closing in of night and during storm and 

 heavy rain. Unsuspected proximity of crocodiles . . 226 227 



Celebrated cave of Ataruipe, the sepulchral vault of an extinct 

 nation 227231 



Scientific Elucidations and Additions p. 233 to p. 255. 



The river-cow (Trichecus manati) lives in the sea at the place where, 

 in the Gulf of Xagua, on the south coast of the Island of Cuba, 

 springs of fresh water break forth .... 233234 



Geographical discussion on the sources of the Orinoco . 236241 



The Bertholletia, a Lecythidea, a remarkable example of highly deve- 

 loped organization. Stem of an Arundinarea sixteen to seventeen 

 feet long from knot to knot 241243 



On the myth or fable of the Lake of Parime . . . 243254 



The Nocturnal Life of Animals in the Primeval Forest -p. 259 to p. 272. 



Difference between languages in respect to their richness in well- 

 defined expressions for characterising natural phenomena, such as 

 the state of vegetation, the forms of plants, the outlines and group- 

 ing of clouds, the appearance of the surface of the ground, and the 

 forms of rocks and mountains. Loss which languages suffer by the 

 disuse of such words, or by their signification becoming impaired- 



