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Index. 



Arrieros, 36. 



Arrows, Indian, 321. 



Arts in Quito, 78. 



Ascending the Andes, 43, 96, 144. 



Astronomy on the Andes, 97. 



Atahuallpa, 56. 



Atmosphere of Quito, 97. 



Baeza, 187. 

 iialsas, 32. 



Bamboos on the Napo, 220. 

 Banana, 34. 

 Baiios, 149. 



Barometric measurements, 337. 

 " anomaly, 241, 226. 



" variations at Quito, 92. 



Barra, 243. 

 Bartholomew, St., 54. 

 Bats, 205, 312. 

 Bears, 105. 

 Bed, Andean, 181. 

 Bees on the Amazon, 303. 

 " of Quito, 108. 

 " on the Napo, 207. 

 Beetles on the Amazon, 303. 



" on the Napo, 206. 

 Bells of Quito, 89. 

 "Big-ear" Indians, 222. 

 Birds on the Amazon, 306. 



" coloration of, in the tropics, 105. 



" mouking of, 285. 



" of South America, 105. 

 Blow-guns, 170. 

 Boa-constrictor, 223. 

 Bodegas, 35. 



Botany of South America, 286. 

 Brazilian etiquette, 235, 246. 

 " frontier, 233. 

 " steamers, 234. 

 Brazilians, 323. 

 Brazil-nut trees, 290. 

 Bread-tree, 34. 

 Breves, 254. 

 Buildings, Andean, 46. 

 Bull-baits, 80. 

 Burial customs, 91, 321. 



" at Quito, 91. 

 Butter, 251. 

 Butterflies on the Amazon, 302. 



" on the Napo, 206. 

 Buzzards, 29. 



Caballococha, 232. 

 Cacao, 30, 290. 

 Cajabamba, 153. 

 Calabash-tree, 289. 



Camino Real, 45. 

 Camellones, 43. 

 Camindo on the Napo, 226. 

 Campas Indians, 322. 

 Canelos, 172. 



Canoe-hfe on the Napo, 213. 

 Canoe-paths, 265. 

 Canoes on. the Napo, 200. 

 Capybara, 310. 

 Caraguairazo, 132. 

 Carnival, 81. 

 Carranqui, 157. 

 Cassiquari Canal, 267. 

 Cathedral of Guayaquil, 26. 



" of Quito, 66. 

 Cattle on the Andes, 145. 

 Caucho-tree, 288. 

 Cayambi, 143. 

 Cedar on the Amazon, 289. 

 Cemetery, Protestant, 91. 

 Century-plant, 100. 

 Cerro, 33. 



Cetaceans in the Amazon, 299. 

 Chicha, 167, 210. 

 ChiUo hacienda, 155. 

 Chimbo, VaUey of, 46. 

 Chimborazo, 33, 44, 49, 127. 

 Chimneys, absence of, 44. 

 Chirimoya, 101. 

 Chuquipoyo, 51. 

 Chuquiragua, 100. 

 Cigana, 206, 308. 

 Cinchona, 47. 

 Cinnamon, American, 172. 

 Circumcision, 322. 

 Civility, Ecuadorian, 35^ 71. 

 Civilization on the Amazon, 236. 

 Clay-eating, 229. 



" formation of the Amazon, 22^ 

 Climate of Guayaquil, 28. 



" of Quito, 91. 



" of the Amazon, 238, 251. 

 Coary, Eiver, 242, 269. 

 Coca-chewing, 291, 348. 

 Coca village, 207. 

 Cochineal, 108. 

 Cock-fighting, 35, 80. 

 Cocoa-palm, 35. 

 Coffee, 31, 259, 290. 

 Colleges of Ecuador, 79. 

 Combativeness on the Andes, 95, 

 Commerce on the Amazon, 342. 

 Compressed heads, 171. 

 Compulsory commerce, 195. 

 Condor, 106, 131. 

 Cones of volcanoes, 122. 



