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INDEX. 



Diego de Ordaz, iii. 40 

 Dirt-eating, a custom of the Otto- 

 macs, ii. 495-499 

 Diseases most prevalent in America, 



i. 379384, 410 

 Divinity, native ideas of, ii. 474 



olphins of the river Manzanares, 



i. 160, ii. 350 



of the Temi, ii. 350 



Dornajito, spring of, i. 64 

 Don Alexandra Mexia, i. 282 

 Don Jose de Manterola, i. 485 

 Don Nicolas Soto, travels with, ii. 



151 

 Don Vincent Emparan, Governor 



of Cumana, i. 149, intelligence 



and hospitality of, i. 150 

 Dorado, district of, iii. 30, 35, 48 ; 



expeditions to, iii. 48 



de la Parima, iii. 30 



Doubts, geographical, respecting the 



junction of great rivers, ii. 339, 



425 

 Dragon-tree, height and antiquity 



of, i, 62, 232, 277 ; juice of the, 



i. 63 n 

 Dresses of the native Indians, i. 



306 

 Duida, volcano of, ii. 432 ; peak of 



the, ii. 316, 457 

 Durasno, hill of, levelled by the 



Marquis de Nava, i. 59 

 Dutch settlements, iii. 121 

 Guiana, iii. 23 



E. 



Earth, oscillation of the, i. 450 ; 



undulations of, i. 451 - 456 ; 



effects of, on men and animals, 



i.469 

 Earth-eating, practice of, ii. 196, 



496-499, effects of, ii. 196 , 



502 



in Asia, ii. 498 



among animals, ii. 502 



Earths, odoriferous, ii. 503 



Earthquakes, i. 162-172; causei 

 of, i. 173, 168 ; connection of, 

 with the atmosphere, preceding 

 the shock, i. 165 ; connection of, 

 with volcanic eruptions, i. 171, 

 frequent shocks of, in towns dis- 

 tant from volcanoes, i. 154, 447, 

 449, 454, effects of, on the sea, 

 i. 170, 171, n; on the shoals, i. 

 164 ; annual indications of, 

 i. 163 ; atmospheric indications 

 of, i. 163, 347; phenomena of, 

 i. 163-172, 450; theories of, i. 

 469 



at Caracas, i. 445 



453, 454 n 



347, 348 



at Cumana, i. 162, 



at Lima, i. 165 



in Mexico, i. 171 n 



at Morro Roxo, i. 164 



in Peru, i. 171 n 



at Riobamba, i. 166, 



172 

 Eclipse of the moon, iii. 221 



of the sun, effects of, i. 



345, 346 



Eels, electric, varied species of, ii. 

 113 ; modes of fishing for, ii. 

 115, 116, n; habits of the, ii. 

 12 1; dangers attending the shock 

 from, ii. 118 ; medicinal pro- 

 perties of the, ii. 119 



Eggs of the turtle, fisheries of, on 

 the river Orinoco, ii, 178, 179; 

 harvest of, i. 185, 190 ; season 

 for laying, ii. 187 ; method of 

 depositing, ii. 188 ; immense 

 numbers of, ii. 191 



Egypt, crocodiles of, ii. 133 ; tra- 

 ditions of, ii. 227 



El Castillo, ii. 218 



El Castillito, rock of, ii. 325, 480 



El Cucurucho de Coco, mountain 

 of, i. 504 



El Dorado, ii. 400, iii. 25 ; legendi 

 of, iii. 26-31; etymology of, iii. 

 39 ; traditions of, iii. 44, 46, 62; 

 legendary city of, ii. 137, 181 



