INDEX. 



441 



banks of the ocean, 49, 50; his first 

 discovery of the new continent, 15tf, 

 175, 432; his observations on the equ 

 noctial currents, 175. 



Composite, numerical relations of the, 

 279, 280, 281, 283, 284, 286; nume- 

 rous species of, 291. 



Condor, the giant among vultures, 210, 

 237; various names of the, 237; its 

 native region, 237; immense altitude 

 to which it soars, 237, 238; its habits, 

 239; mode of capture, 239. 



Coniferae, 194, 221; on the vegetable 

 forms by whick the aspect of Nature is 

 principally determined, 227 ; their ex- 

 tensive geographical diffusion, 314, 



Coral animals, labours of the, 214. 



- animalcules, wonderful formation 

 of, 252 et seq.; depth at which they 

 can exist, 259. 



- Islands, 257. 



- Reefs, natural history of, 253, 257 

 et seq. 



Corals, the greatest number in the 



^Egean Sea, 259; various forms of, in 



the Red Sea, 255. 

 Cordilleras, of South America, vast ex- 



tent of, 42; names of the highest 



points, 43; of Cochabamba, 84; of 



Peru, 210; deserts of the, 393; re- 



mains of the great road of the Incas 



across the, 393. 



Corentyn River, exploration of the, 150. 

 Cormolache, mountain of, 404. 

 Cosiquiriachi, elevation of, 208. 

 Cosmos, quoted. See Humboldt 

 Creeping Plants, 227, 331. 

 Crescentia, delicate blossoms from the 



rough bark, 230, 348. 

 Crocodile, of the Orinoco, 20, 142, 198; 



periodic torpidity of, 243. 

 Crotalus, the, 251. 

 Cruciferae, 95, 285, 286. 

 Cryptogamia, 215; wonderful regermina- 



tion of the, 241 ; numerical distribu- 



tion of, 337. 



Cumadanimari, hills of, 164. 

 Cumana, expedition to, 181. 

 Cun&bami, mountain group of, 162. 

 Cupiliferae, their geographical distribu- 



tion, 322. 

 Curata, the Indian name of the colossal 



grass of South America, 180. 

 Curare, an Indian poison, 151 152. 



Curtius, Professor, his verses on the Par- 

 rot of the Atures, 189. 



Cusco, the capital of the Incas of Peru, 

 395 ; ancient fortress of, 397, 398. 



Cyathea speciosa, 338. 



Cyclidiee, the, 213. 



Cynometia, delicate blossoms spring from 

 the rough bark, 348. 



Cyperacese (Cypresses), 94, 95, 231, 284 

 gigantic forms of, 326. 



DATE PALMS, geographical situation of, 



297, 302. 

 Dead, Indian method of preserving the, 



171. 

 Dead Sea, specimens of the Porites elon- 



gata from the, 260. 

 Delf and Pottery, remains of, found in 



South America, 207. 

 Deserts, general view of, 1 et seq.; of 



Africa, 2, 3 ; probable causes of thn'r 



sterility, 10; of Northern Africa. 1)0. 



See Steppes. 



Dhawalagiri, elevation of the, 68, 71, 236. 

 Dicotyledons, numerous species of, 292. 

 Diodorus, his traditions respecting the 



primeval formation of the Mediterra- 

 nean and of Samothrace, 262 263. 

 Dioecious Plants, fructification of, 244, 



246. 



Djawahir, elevation of the, 60, 71 

 Djebel-al-Komr, the Mountains of the 



Moon, 9. 

 Dogs, wild, herds of, in South America, 



85 ; objects of Indian adoration, 85 , 



natural history of, 86-88. 

 Dolphins of the Orinoco, 199, 902. 

 Dorado, fabulous, 185, 188. 

 " Dormideras," the name of, applied to 



certain plants, 94. 

 Dormouse, hibernation of the, 243. 

 Dragon Tree, colossal dimensions of the. 



220, 268 et seq.; its habitats, 268 ; iw 



prodigious age, 269, 270. 

 Dragon's Mouth, at the entrance of the 



Orinoco, 155, 175. 

 Drought of the Steppes, 14, 15 ; effects 



of the change from, 16, 139. 

 Duida, the mountain of, described, 158. 

 Durango, in Mexico, elevation of, 268. 



EARTH, the food of the Otomaks and otliei 

 Indians, 142, 146; on the indurating 

 and heat-emitting mass of the. 218, 267 

 268. 



