416 



INDEX. 





Contagion of fevers, facts relating 

 to, i. 382 



of the plague, i. 382n ; 



Dr. Bailey's opinion on the, i. 

 383 



Convent of Caripe, i. 238, 252, 272, 



274 

 Conuco, or Farm of Bermudez, i. 



230 

 Coral, formation of, ii. 41 



rocks, iii. 166, 186, 187, 192 



snake, i. 152 



Cordillera of the Andes, i. 47, iii. 

 287, 294, 326 



of Baraguaro, ii. 198 



near Cumana, i, 157 ; 



native inhabitants of the, i. 294 ; 



climate of, i. 405 ; volcanic nature 



of the, i. 461 

 of the coast, ii. 64, iii. 



376 



Real de Neve, ii. 254 



Corn, European, cultivation of, in 



the equinoctial regions, i. 494, 



495 ; limits of the growth of, i. 



498 



Cortez, Hernan, iii, 189, 199 

 Cortex Angosturse, i, 212, 213 

 Corunna, port of, i. 11 ; mountains 



of, i. 9, 10 ; light house of, i. 14 ; 



departure from, i. 13 

 Cosmogony, theory of, i. 342 

 Cotopaxi, mountain of, i. 47 

 Cotton, native manufactures of, ii. 



477 



trees of America, i. 230 ; 



cultivation of, i. 246, 288, 503, 

 ii. 56, 477 ; plantations of, i. 504, 

 iii. 177 



Courbrail, the, i 256 



Cow tree, (Palo, de Vaca) ii. 47-49, 



55 

 Cows in the torrid zone, i. 156, ii. 



492 

 Creole sugar cane, introduction of 



the, into West Indies, i. 486 

 Creoles, i. 392, nobility of the, i. 



413. 

 Crocodile*, i. 159, 160, 367, ii. 19, 



10 



ii. 39 

 193 



iii. 106 



30,168,169,179,180,201,233, 

 iii. 3, 4,106, 178, 18 j groups 

 of, ii. 154 ; ferocity of, ii. 155, 

 iii. 3, 106 ; summer sleep of, ii. 

 197 ; instinct of, ii. 198; oil of, 

 used medicinally, ii. 497 ; effect of 

 heat and cold upon, ii. 133 ; food 

 of, ii. 5C3 ; flesh of, sold for food, 

 ii. 504 ; habits of, i. 377, iii. 4 ; 

 modes of destroying, ib. 

 Crocodiles of Algodonol, ii. 168, 

 169 



of the Havanah,iii. 178 



181 



of Latie Valencia, ii. 19 

 of Manzanares, i. 159, 



of the Nile, ii. 180, 197 

 of Rio Adeuas Calientes, 



of Rio Cabulare, ii. 179, 

 of Rio Neveri, i. 367, 



of the Orinoco, ii. 201, 

 233 



of Uritucu, ii. 132, 



iii. 3 



Crystals, formation of, i. 78 

 Cuba, coffee plantations of, i. 419; 

 agriculture of, ii. 33 ; extent of, 

 iii. 129, 154, 162 ; population of. 

 iii. 129, 199, 233, 239, 244, 

 political importance of, iii. 153: 

 inhabitants of, iii. 156, 233; 

 position of, iii. 161, 268 ; geology 

 of, iii. 163, 165-169, 202 ; min- 

 erals of iii. 164, climate of, iii. 

 174 ; turtles of, iii. 184, 189 ; 

 voyage of Cortez to, iii. 189 ; 

 ports of, iii. 193, 194, 197, 228 ; 

 shores of, iii. 194, 229 ; temper- 

 ature of. iii. 228 ; dioceses of, iii. 

 230 ; government of, iii. 231 , 

 239 ; colonization of, iii. 241 ; 

 public institutions of, iii. 246 ; 

 commerce of, iii. 253, 259, 26(, 

 261, 263; tobacco plantations o . 

 iii. 258 ; productions of, iii. 24 * j 



