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INDEX. 



Bird island, H. 161 



Birds of South America, i. 216, 



236, 254-262, ii. 154,164,210, 



255,311, 385 



domestic, ii. 311, migrations 



of, ii. 384 



fishing, ii. 164, 255, 383 



granivorous, ii. 503 



nocturnal, see " Guacharo," 



Bishop's lake, i. 11. 

 Bitumen springs, Hi. 397 

 Blow-tubes of the Indians, ii. 453 

 Boats of Cumana, i. 362 

 Bobadilla Francisco, mission founded 



by, ii. 386 



Boca de Arichuna, ii. 164 

 Chica, iii. 224, 225 



del Drago, i. 138 



Grande of Carthagena, iii. 



224 



de la Tortuga, ii. 184 



Bochica, or Indacanzas, priests of, 



iii. 45, 46 

 Body-painting, practice of, it 205 ; 



methods of, ii. 208, 209, iii. 46, 



74 



Bohemia, mountains of, i. 35 

 Bombax. ii. 343 

 Bonpland, M. intrepidity of, i. 344, 



ii. 194 

 tree dedicated to, (Bon- 



plandi trifoliata), iii. 23 

 Boracha, island of, i. 368 

 Borachita, island of, iii. 147 

 Botany, descriptive, i. 328 n 



of the Canary islands, i. 

 49, 58, 59 



1 of the Coral islands, iii. 



186 

 Bougainville, dissemination of the 



sugar cane by, i. 486 

 Bovadillo, expedition of. ii. 461, 



467 



Branco river, ii. 393 

 Brazil, boundaries of, ii. 373 ; extent 



of, iii. 128, 129; population of, 



ib. ; mountains of, iii. 287, 346 



350 ; frontiers of, iiu 362 j gold 



ot, iii. 405, 406 



Brazil-nut trees, (Beitholletia ex 



celsa) ii. 391; nut, harvest of, ii. 



448, 452 



Bread-fruit, i. 331 

 Breschet, M. ii. 502 

 Bridges over the Amazon, ii. 462, n 



of Lianas, ii. 461 



Brigantine, situation of the, i. 157; 



conjunction of, with the Cocolla. 



i. 241 ; descent of the, i. 275 

 Bruyere, description of slaves by, 



i. 176, n 

 Brownea, or mountain roses, i. 482, 



490 

 Buen Pastor, mineral springs of, i. 



248 

 Buenos Ayres, exports of, ii. 110; 



extent of, iii. 129; population of, 



ib. situation of, iii. 298 ; pampas 



of, iii. 360, 363 

 Burro, isle of, ii. 18 

 Butterflies, American, i. 278 

 Butter-tree, ii. 55 



from birds, i. 258 



from palm-fruit, iii. 208 



from the tortoise egg, ii. 



190 



C. 



Cabo Blanco, i. 376 ; summit of, i. 



385 ; climate of, i. 386 

 Cabrera,, promontory of, ii. 7 n. 

 Cabruta, town of, iii. 83 

 Cabullure, river, ii. 179 

 Cacao, port of, ii. 422 

 export of, i. 376, ii. 61 ; 



adulteration of, ii. 63 ; harvest 



of, ii. 60 



of Cumana, i. 288 



trees, propagation of, i. 290; 



plants having the same properties, 

 ii. 290, 291 



of Barcelona, iii. 91 



- wild, ii. 58, 394, 422, 



504 



plantations, i. 288, 291, 

 ii. 57, 60, 62 

 Cactus, American, i. 138 ; forests o 



