INDEX. 



Adobe dwellings, page 46. 

 Agassiz, Mount, 250. 



" Prof., on the geology of the 

 Amazonian vaUev, 280, 282, 347. 

 Agriculture on the Amazon, 243. 



" " Andes, 75. 



Aground on the Amazon, 239. 

 Aguano, 201. 

 Aguardiente, 175. 

 Alcalde's house, 202. 

 Alligators, 35, 296. 

 Almeyi-im HiUs, 252. 

 Aloe, American, 100. 

 Alpargates, 70. 

 Altar, volcano of, 150. 

 Amazon Kiver, annual rise, 274. 



" " birds on, 306. 



" " cetaceans, 299. 



" climate, 273, 284. 



" " commerce, 277. 



" " current, 273. 



" " delta, 272. 



" " depth, 274. 



" " etymology, 278. 



" " expeditions, 277. 



" " first view of, 226. 



" " fishes, 295. 



" " foreignvesselson, 276. 



" " insects, 300. 



" " life within, 295. 



" " magnitude, 264, 272, 



278. 



'' " natural canals, 265. 



" " navigation, 276. 



" reptiles, 296. 



" " scenery, 236. 



" " source, 264. 



" " tints, 272. 



'' " tributaries, 266, 271. 



" " volume, 273. 



" VaUey, 280. 



" " creation of, 117. 



" forest, 287. 



Amazon Vallev, fruits, 289. 



" ' geology, 281,347. 

 " " minerals, 286. 



slope, 280. 

 soil, 286. 

 " " trees, 289. 



zoology, 284. 

 Amazonian Indians, 316. 

 Ambato, 52, 153. 

 America, the continent of vegetation, 



103. 

 America, South, geology of, 114. 

 Amphisboena, 194. 

 Amusements in Quito, 80. 

 Anacondas, 222. 

 Andean chain, 119. 

 Andes, as a geological boimdary, 207. 

 " birds on the, 105, 146. 

 " equipped for the, 37. 

 " first sight of the, 33. 

 " heart of the, 48. 

 " last view of the, 214. 

 " of Ecuador, 121. 

 ". reptiles on the, 107. 

 " rise of the, 115. 

 " sinking of the, 138. 

 " summit of the, 49, 134. 

 '• valleys of the, 130. 

 j •' views from the, 45, 134, 141. 

 ! Anguteros Indians, 222. 

 Animal life, dearth of, 188. 

 Animals on the Napo, 207. 

 Antisana, volcano of, 144, 180. 



" hacienda, 144. 

 Ants, battle mth, 225. 

 " on the Amazon, 300. 

 " on the Napo, 194. 

 Apothecaries in Quito, 93. 

 Archidona, 191. 

 Architecture in Quito, 78. 

 Arenal, 49. 

 Armadillo, 310. 

 Armv of Ecuador, 87. 



