IKDfcl. 



417 



260, 2G1 ; revenue of, 111. 268 

 270 



Cuba and the slave trade, iii. 242 



Cubagua, island of i. 191, iii. 216 ; 

 pearls of, i. 145 ; native deer of, 

 i. 196 



Cuchivano, Risco or crevice of, i. 

 230, tigers of the, ib. ; forests 

 of, i. 233 ; gold mines of, i. 235 ; 

 caverns ofi. 236 



Culebra, island of, ii. 7 



Culimacari, rock of, ii. 410 



Cumana, city of, i. 147, 160, 396; 

 geology of, i. 151 ; forests of, 

 i. 152 ; iii. 109 ; frequency 

 of earthquakes in, i. 153, 163, 

 347 ; population of, i. 154, 

 294 ; plains of, i. 156, 284, iii. 

 71 ; port of, i. 160, 396; climate 

 of, i. 157, 161, 178; ancient 

 name of, i. 161n, iii. 216 ; slave 

 market of, i. 175 ; government 

 of, i. 181n; mountains of, i. 209; 

 cacao of, i. 288 ; languages of i. 

 317, trading boats of, i. 362 ; 

 departure from, i. 363 ; return 

 to, iii. 109; geology of, iii. 372 



-^ governor of, i. 149, 150 



Cumanacoa, town of, i. 222 ; tobac- 

 co plantations of, i. 225-229; 

 indigo plantations of, ib. ; geo- 

 logy of, iii. 391 



Cumanagoto, iii. 103 ; subdued 

 tribes of, i. 334 



Cunavami, mountains of, ii. 313 



Cuneva, ii. 458 



Cunucunumo river, ii. 471 



Cunuri, cataract of, ii. 419 



Cura, the, iii. 33 



Curare, or vegetable poison, ii. 438 ; 

 see " Poisons." 



Curacicanas, cotton manufactures of 

 the, ii. 478 



Currents, equinoctial, in the Atlan- 

 tic, i. 15-20 ; causes of, i. 22-24 ; 

 variations of the, i. 25, iii. 205 ; 

 seeds and fruits, deposited by, i. 

 22 



Currency, ii. 112 



Cuspa, or fclncfiona tree, medicinal 



properties of, i. 211, 212 

 Cuzco, city of, iii. 300 



D. 



Dagysa notata, a mollusc, dis- 

 covered by Sir J. Banks, i. 27 



Darien, coast of, iii. 205 ; gold of 

 the, iii. 215 



gulf of, iii. 131 



Dairies of Andalusia, i. 156 

 Dances of the Indians, ii. 386', 448 

 Dapa, island of, ii. 389 

 Dapicho, or fossil India-rubber, ii. 



344 ; preparation of, ii. 345 ; 



growth of, ii. 358 

 Daripe, San Miguel de, ii. 386 

 Decrement of heat, laws of the, i. 5 1 

 Deer, American, i. 196, 197 

 Deformities, natural, total absence 



of, among the Indians, i. 307 

 Deity, ideas of the, held by native 



Indians, ii. 362 

 Delpeche, printing office established 



by, i. 416 



Delta, the plains of the, i. 153 

 Deluge, traditions of the, ii. 182, 



183, 473 

 Demerara, iii. 6 n, settlement of, 



iii. 16 

 Depons, M., opinions of, on Lake 



of Valencia, ii. 9, n 

 Deserts of the New World, ii. 86 



87, dangers of travelling in, ii. 132 

 Devil's Nook, (Rincon del Diablo), 



ii. 22, 26 

 Dialects, Indian, analogy of, i. 313; 



affinity of, i. 323; diversity of, 



i. 318, ii. 223 

 Diamante, island of, ii. 152; sugai 



plantations of, ib. 

 Diamonds, i. 193, n ; cutting of, 



first invented, ib. legends of, iii. 



382 

 D'ego de Losada, town founded >y, 



i. 403 



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