LNDEX. 



411 



Astorga, i. 9 



Astronomy, study of, i. 134, 135 



Atabapo, the, ii. 329 ; pure waters 

 of the, ii. 338 ; banks of the, ii. 

 341,471 



Ataripe, cavern of, ii. 431-485 



Atlantic, temperature of the, i. 12, 

 129, 130 ; currents in the, i. 15- 

 25 ; phenomena, in the, i. 137 



Atlantis, i. 52 n 



Atmosphere, rapid changes, in the, 

 i. 224 ; serenity of the, i. 240 ; 

 greatest heat of the, i. 378 ; ob- 

 servations on the, i. 408 



Atmospheric transparency, effects 

 of, on mental and vegetable pro- 

 perties, i. 82 



Atrato,iii. 218 



Aturajos, country of the, iii. 35 



Atures, rapids of, ii. 234 ; mission 

 of, ii. 238, 489; prevalence of 

 fevers at, ii. 242, 289 ; vegetation 

 of, ii. 255, 256 ; church of, ii. 

 2G6 ; tribes of ii. 289, 484 ; 

 language of, ii. 302 



Auraca, river, ii. 137; birds of the, 

 ii. 196 



Avila, mountain of, i. 387, 390, 

 475 



Azores, new island of the, i. 38 ; 

 sea around the, i. 129 



B. 



Balsam -trees, groves of, i. 497 

 Bamboos, i. 217; furniture made 



from, ii. 56 ; region of, ii. 420 

 Banana-tree, i. 409 

 Bandits of the plains, iii. 93, 94 

 Baracoa, commerce of, iii. 261 

 Baragnan, passage of, ii. 198, 487, 



493 



Barba de Tigre, ii. 172 

 Barbarian, origin of the term i. 



294 

 Barbarism, regions in which it most 



prevails, i 293 



Barnula, cotton plantations of, ii. 



56 

 Barcelona, New, native population 



of, i. 294, 297 , languages of, i. 



317; port of, i. 367, 396, iii. 6, 



91; fort of, i. 368, ii. 45, iii. 



102; earthquakes at, i. 446; 



plains of, iii. 95; town of, iii. 



103 



Barigon, limestones of the, iii. 398 

 Bark, medicinal, iii. 23 



trees, i. 59, n 



Barometer, variations of, previous 



to earthquakes, i. 166, 167, ho- 

 rary variations of, i. 273 



Barquisimeto, i. 440, 441 



Baru, peninsula of, iii. 219 



island of, iii. 220 



Basalt, i. 50 



Batabano, route to, iii. 177; gulf 



of, iii. 181; rocks of, iii. 183, 



186, 187 



Batavia, sugar cane of, i.487 

 Bathing, methods of, practised by 



the Indians, i. 159 

 Bats, ii. 136 

 Baudin, Capt. expedition of to the 



South Seas, i. 3, 13, ascent of 



peak Teneriffe, by, i. 74 

 Baxo de la Cotua, i. 289 

 Bears, ii. 366 



Beauty, national ideas of, i. 308 

 Bees peculiar to the New World, i. 



434, 435, ii. 200, 367 



European importation of, iii. 



261 



Beet-root sugar, iii. 252 



Benedictus Alexander, physiological 

 phenomenon related by, i. 222 



Beni, river, iii. 304, 361 n 



Benzoni Girolamo, (i. 176), voyage 

 of, i. 397, 398 n 



Berbice, iii. 16 



Bergantin, excursion to, iii. 105 ; 

 sandstone of the, iii. 394 



Bermuda, islands of, i. 129 



Berrio, Antonio de, iii. 50 ; expedi- 

 tion of, iii. 51-53 



Bertholletia excels*, or Brazil nut 

 tree. ii. 391 



