INDEX. 



4cephali, ii. 317 



Action, electric, similarity of, in 



the electric eel and the voltaic 



battery, ii. 122 



volcanic, centre of, i. 449, 

 455, 461 ; connexion of, iii. 403 



Acosta, travels of, i. 171 



Adansonia, or baobab of, Senegal, 

 i. 62 



Acuvajos, country of the, iii. 35 



Aerolites, i. 357 



Africa, travels in, i. 4 ; deserts of, 

 ii. 97 



Aguas Calientes, ravine of, ii. 22 ; 

 river of, ii. 39 



Agriculture, tropical, i. 206, 207, 

 209, iii. 126 ; early [practice of, 

 i. 295, ii. 368 ; influence of on 

 individuals, ii. 98 ; mean tempe- 

 rature required for the success of, 

 i. 495 ; geology applied to, iii. 

 404, 405 



in the island of Cuba, iii. 

 247 



zone of, in Spanish America, 



' i. 394 



Aguatire, the, i. 482 



Ajuntas, i. 476 



Alcaldes, or Indian magistrates, i. 



253 



Alegranxa, island of, i. 31-37-39 

 Algodonal, ii. 177 ; crocodiles of, 



ii. 167 



Aloe, see Magney 

 Alligators, ii. 197, iii. 179 

 Almond-trees, ii. 368, 449 



Alphabet, application of the, in 

 Indian languages, i. 322, ii. 304 



Alta Vista, plain of, i. 68 ; natural 

 ice-house of, ib. 



Gracia, ii. 136 



Alum, European, iii. 118 



mines, iii. 112, 113, 116 



Amalivaca, ii. 473 

 Amasonia, arborea, ii. 355 

 Amazon river, falls of the, ii. 251, 



252 ; valley of the, ii. 314 ; na- 

 vigation of, ii. 374 ; tributary 

 streams of, ii. 377; bridges over 

 the, ii. 462 n ; course of the, iii. 

 303, 304 j basin of the, iii, 360, 

 362 ; plains of the, iii. 363 



stones, ii. 395 -39 7; locality 



of, ii. 462 



Amazons, traditions of the, ii. 399- 

 402 



Amygdaloide, iii. 400 



America, discovery of, i. 21 ; ra 

 pidity of vegetation in, i. 148 ; 

 Savanahs of, ii. 87 ; geological 

 structure of, ii. 91, 92 ; early 

 colonists of, ii. 374 ; traditions 

 of, iii. 28, 116 ; ancient name of, 

 iii. 59 ; supposed identity of, 

 with Asia, iii. 21(5, 217 



. east of the Andes, iii. 351 



English, iii. 122 ; popula- 



tion of, iii. 127 



Portuguese, iii. 20; popu- 

 lation of, iii. 127 



South plants of, i. 152 



213-217, 232, 240; forests of, 

 i. 215, 216; 276, 280, 283, ii. 

 8, 31, 366, iii. 141 ; missions uf. 



