410 



INDEX. 



i. 218, 244, 245, 281, 282, 

 295, 334, 335, ii. 220, 223, 

 232, 238, 344, 337, 351, 385, 

 iii. 18 j natives of, i. 339; 

 waters of, i. 403 ; pampas of, ii. 

 87, 88, geography of, iii. 26 29 ; 

 geognostic description of, iii. 

 285 ; configuration of, iii. 2% ; 

 mountains of, iii. 366 ; extent 

 of, iii. 367 ; plains of Ibib, boun- 

 daries of, iii. 368 



America, Spanish, inhabitants of, i. 

 338, 340, 397; civil wars of, i. 

 400; state of society in, i. 413 ; 

 productions of, i. 505 ; boundaries 

 of, ii. 373 ; frontier posts of, ii. 

 374; population of iii. 121, 127, 

 129; extent of, iii. 127; repub- 

 lics of iii. 276 ; commerce of, ii. 

 122; agriculture of, iii. 126; 

 political position of, iii. 144, 

 146 



Amerigo, Vespucci, i. 338 



Andalusia, New, coasts of, iii. 161, 

 285, iii. 2; mountains of, i. 147, 

 200, 239; capital of, 147; in- 

 habitants of, i. 294 ; earthquakes 

 in, i. 446 ; extent of, iii. 215, 

 216 



Andes, ascent of the, i. 244 ; 

 branches of the, ii. 93; structure 

 of, iii. 291-326 ; elevation of iii. 

 291 ; etymology of the name, iii. 

 296 ; importance of the, iii. 309. 



of Chili iii. 364 



Angostura, iii. 2 ; commerce of iii. 



6 ; geology of, iii. 384 



bark, iii. 23, 24 



Anil, see Indigo 



Animals, effects of heat and cold, 

 upon, ii. 133, 134 j organization 

 of, ii. 139 ; contemplations on the 

 nature of, ii. 153, 154 ; hemis- 

 pherical distribution of, ii. 319 ; 

 geography of, iii. 399 



domestic, ii. 311 



wild, herds of, ii. 104 



Animals, painted representations of, 



by native Indians, ii. 308 



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Anthropophagy, ii. 413, iii. 85 



Antidotes, to poisons, ii. 446 n, 447 



Antiles, the iii. 154, 247 



Antimano, i. 474, 477 



Ants, of the torrid zone, ii. 34, use 

 of by the natives as food, ii. 389 

 411 



Apes, different species of, i. 278 



Apparatus electrical, ii. 112 



Apples, American, i. 409, 410 



Apure river, ii. 137, 142; voyage 

 on the, ii. 151 ; channel of, ii. 

 161 ; navigation of, ii. 164 ; 

 junction of, with the Orinoco, ii. 

 174; fetid waters of, ii. 200; 

 rise of the iii. 1 1 



Apurito, island of, ii. 151, 172 



Aquio, river, ii. 385 



Aradores, ii. 352 



Aragua, i. 501, ii. 1 ; cotton plan- 

 tations of, i. 504 ; boundaries of, 

 ii. 2 ; forests of, ii. 10 ; plains of, 

 ii. 15; indigo grounds of, ii. 32, 

 33; cacao plantations of, ii. 57, 

 58 ; geology of, ii. 17 ; vultures 

 of, ii. 134 



Araguatos, ii. 69 



Araya, salt works of, i. 179-182, 

 186, 187, iii. 112; Peninsula of, 

 i. 184 ; castle of, i. 188 ; pearls 

 of, i. 191 ; inhabitants of, i. 199; 

 scarcity of rain in, i. 292, iii. 

 114; geology of, iii. 395 



Archipelago, of St. Bernard, iii. 

 205, 219 



of Chonos, iii. 297 



of Rosario, iii. 219 



Arenas, i. 220 

 Areverians, tribe of, ii. 200 

 Areo, river, i. 245, 248 

 Aroa, copper mines of, i. 441, 



65; river of ib. 

 Arowaks, tribe of the, iii. 82 

 Arrua, the, ii. 186,187, 189 

 Artabrum, promontory of, i. 11, 

 Arvi, the, iii. 33 

 Asia, steppes of, ii. 87 

 Asphaltum, lake of, i. 248 n 

 A>ssuay, mountains of, iii. 306 



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