I> T 1JEX. 



419 



El Mor.o, or fort of Barcelona, i. 



368 



El Peflol dc los Baftos, i. 36 

 El Roncador, iii. 203 

 Electricity, theory of, i. 450; 



Indian knowledge of, ii. 112; 



effects of, on horses, ii. 115 ; 



transmission of the shock, ii. 



123 ; dangerous effects of, ii. 



118 



atmospheric, ii. 143 

 Elevation of mountains, maxima of, 



iii. 351, 353 

 Emancipation of slaves, iii 272, 



274, 281-283 

 Emeralds, supposed mines of, iii. 



40, 382 

 Encampments, Indian, ii. 184, 407, 



422 

 Encaramada, port of, ii. 177 ; 



mountains of, ii. 180; natives of, 



ii. 182 ; legends of, ii. 182, 183 

 Endava, ii. 231 

 Epidemics, ii. 43 

 Equator, crossing the, i. 133- 



135 

 Equinox, autumnal, iii. 203 



vernal, iii. 203 



Errors, geographical,!. 174, ii. 131, 



331, 426, 468, iii. 29,37, 63 

 Eruptions, volcanic, i. 31, 32, 112, 



113, 458; connection of, with 



earthquakes, i. 171 

 Erythrina, the, i. 256 

 Esmeralda, mission of, i. 362, ii. 



432 ; origin of the colony, ii. 



435 ; monkeys of, ii. 271 ; villa 



of, ii. 436 j native tribes of, ii. 



465 ; departure from, ii. 467 ; 



mosquitos of, ii. 275, 469 ; lon- 

 gitude of, iii. 29 

 Essay, political, on the island of 



Cuba, iii. 153-270 

 Essequibo, English colony of, iii. 



16 ; missionaries of, iii. 23 



river, iii. 36 



Estevan, river, ii. 41, 44; acque- 



ducts of, ii. 47 

 Esquimaux, i. 22 ; countries of 



the, I. 338 ; colour of the, ii, 



465 

 Etna, eruptions, and lava of, i. 



113 

 Europe, departure of the authot 



from, i. 12 

 Europeans, dangers of a tropical 



climate to, i. 141; influence of, 



on slavery, iii. 273 

 Evaporation, theory of, ii. 10-12, 



165; effects of, on the atmo- 

 sphere, ii. 15 



Exhalations, inflammable, ii. 67 

 Eye-stones, remarkable properties 



of the, i. 197 



F. 



Facts, pathological, relating to 



fevers, i. 382 

 Falling-stars, i. 28; observations 



on, i.29,138, 352-359 

 Faxardo, Francisco, town founded 



by, i. 442 



island of, iii. 1 



Features, mobility and immobility 



of, in men and animals, i. 304 

 Females, Indian, condition of, i. 



306, 307, 309, ii. 363, 455, 497, 



498, iii. 75, 78, 79 

 Fernando, Cortez, U. 59 

 Ferns, arborescent, i. 277, 481 ; 



geographical distribution of, ii. 



479 n 



Ferrol, port of, i. 11 

 Fever, American typhus, i. 383 ; 



propagation of, i. 384 

 yellow, first appearance of 



the, i. 379 ; limits and spread of, 



i. 381 ; proximate cause of, i. 



386; prevalence of, i. 411, ii. 



43 ; treatment of, ii. 42 

 Fevers, prevalence of, in the islands 



of the Orinoco, ii. 242 ; remedies 



for, ii. 312 ; pathological fact* 



relating to, i. 3S2 



2E2 



