INDEX. 



415 



Cerros dc Sipapo, ii. 316 

 Ceylon, pearl fisheries of, i. 193 

 Chacaito, river of, i. 417 

 Chamberg, island of, ii. 19 

 Charts, inaccuracies of, i. 143 

 of Vespucci, iii. 58 

 Chaymas, missions of the, i. 218, 

 238 ; nation of, i. 300 ; physiog- 

 nomy of, i. 301-303 ; habits 

 of, i. 305, 309; physical con- 

 formation of, i. 308 ; mental 

 inaptitude of, i. 310 ; language 

 of, i. 314,323; colour of i. 336 

 Chayma women, i. 306 

 Chemistry, vegetable, ii. 369 

 Chiquires, or water hogs, ii. 156- 



159 

 Chile, iii. 129; mountains of, iii. 



300 



Chimanas, groups of, i. 365 

 Chimborazo, chain of, iii. 306 

 Churches of Cumana, i. 246 



of Caracas, i. 451 



Chocolate, preparation of, ii. 58 



59 

 Cigars, exportation of, from Cuba, 



iii. 259, 2GO 

 Cinchona, or Cascarilla bark, i. 



211, 212 

 Cinnamon, or Canela tree. i. 247, 



ii. 318, iii. 31 



Civilization, causes which tend to 

 retard the progress of, i. 206, 

 iii. 95, 126 ; advance of, between 

 the tropics, i. 297, iii. 130; 

 effects of, on the human counte- 

 nance, i. 303 ; physical evils at- 

 tending, i. 384 ; grades of, i. 

 393 ; course of, ii. 309, 310, iii. 

 131 ; humanizing influence of, ii. 

 412 



promoted by river- 

 intercourse, ii. 430 



and slavery, iii. 283 



Claystone (Thonschiefer), iii. 385 



muriatiferous, iii. 395 



Climate of America, i. 378, 388 ; 

 causes of the variableness of, in 

 corresuondiug latitudes, i. 223 



Cloquet, M., on physiognomy, ii. 

 502 



Cocoa, see cacao 



Cocollar, i. 215; ascent of the, i. 

 239; climate of, i. 243; eleva- 

 tion of the, i. 274 



Cocuy, harem of, ii. 392 



Cocuyza, peak of, ii. 218 



Coffee trees, propagation of i. 478 ; 

 cultivation of, at Caripe, i. 253 ; 

 at Caracas, i. 409, 410; planta- 

 tions of, ii. 4 78, iii. 257; abundant 

 produce of, ii. 479, iii. 257 



berries, ii. 479 n 



of the Havana, iii. 257, 258 



Colonies, American society in the, 

 i. 413-415 



Castilian, iii. 122 



Dutch, iii. 121 



English, iii. 16, 121,122 



French, iii. 121 



Spanish, iii. 121 



Colonists of America, iii. 122 



Colorado river, i. 245, ii. 113 



Colonization, progress of, iii. 129 



Color, causes of the different shades 

 of, in the human family, i. 341 



of the native Indians, i. 



336, 338 ; aristocracy of, i. 414 



Columbia, republic of, iii. 130, 131 ; 

 mines of, iii. 405 



Columbus, Christopher, early dis- 

 coveries of, i. 21, 200, 306n, iii. 

 189, 194, 215, 216; his estima- 

 tion of gold, i. 440 ; tomb of, iii. 

 158; journal of, iii. 214 n 



Ferdinand, description of 



the Indians by, i. 336, 337 



Combustion, volcanic, i. 114. 



Commerce, future advantages to, ii, 

 431, 437 



Concepcion de Urban, ii. 196 



Concervo, island of, ii. 458 



Congo river, iii. 13 



Conorichite, river, ii. 387, 383 



Conquistadores, i. 414 



Consejo, see Mammon 



Constellations of the torrid tone, i. 

 134, 135, U. 305, 345 



