420 



INDEX. 



Fevers, epidemic, in the region of 



Cariaco, i. 287 

 Fig tree, i. 216, 490 

 Fires, nocturnal, in the Llanos, i. 



210 



subterranean, i. 37 



Fish, caribe or cannibal, ii. 166, 

 167 



electrical, ii. 113, 125; ac- 

 tion of, ii. 122, 128 



of the Nile, ii. 131 



fljing, formation of, i. 131 



flour, ii. 437, 454 



bread, ii. 455 n 



Fishes, respiration of, ii. 117 

 Fishing, singular methods of, ii. 



115 



Florida, iii. 154 ; bees of, iii. 261 

 Flour, of the United States, iii. 



260, 264 



stores of Caracas i. 389 



Forests, American, i. 215, 216, 



276, ii. 162 ; zone of, i. 393 ; 



effects of the diminition of, ii. 8 



on the Caribbean Sea, i. 



240 



. of Catuaro, i. 283 



of cedar, i. 144, 145, 



of mahogany, i. 240 



of palm trees, ii. 31 



of Pimichin, ii. 366 



of Punzera,i. 247 



of Venezuela, i. 283 



Formations, geologic, i. 31 



volcanic, i. 457 



Forteventura, i. 30, 39 

 Fortunate Islands, i. 45 



Fossil remains, discovery of, i. 

 228, 269, iii 113, study of, iii. 

 399 



Francisco, Lozano, remarkable phy- 

 siological phenomenon of, i. 220 



of Pampeluna, i. 300 



Fray Ramon Bueno, residence of, 

 ii. 494 ; remarks of, on the 

 habits of the Ottomacs, ii. 496 



Fruits of Antimano, i. 475 



ufAra )a ,i. 292 



240 



Fruits of Caracas, i. 409 



of Macarao, i. 409 



Fucus, or sea-weed, banks of, in 



the Atlantic i. 33, 34, 129, 142 

 Fuente de Sanchorquiz, i. 390 



G. 



Galicia, scenery of, i. 8 ; mines 



i, 10 ; plants of, ibid 

 Galipano, mountain of, i. 412 

 Gallitos, or rock manikin, ii. 210 

 Gardens, botanical, of Orotava, 



58 



Garnets, iii. 383, 384, 386 

 Garzes, or white herons, ii. 201 

 Geognosy of America, iii. 285 



laws of, iii. 374 



Geology, queries in, i. 90 ; problem 



of, i. 105 ; basis of the study of, 



ii. 136, iii. 368, 399 



of America, ii. 91 , 92 



of Aragua, ii. 71 



of the Canary Islands, i. 



105, 461 n 



of Cumana, i. 151 



applied to mining and 



agriculture, iii. 404, 405 



of Mariara, ii. 22 



of Peak Teneriffe, i. 



97- 



99, 108 



of volcanoes, i. 91 



Geophagy, details of, ii. 498, 499 

 Geography, errors in, i. 174, ii. 131, 



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



nature of. iii. 378 



by M. Leschenault, ii. 



498 



of America, iii. 26-29 



of plants, i. 423 n 



Girolamo, Benzoni, account of the 



slave trade by, i. 176 ; voyage of, 



i. 397, 398 n 

 Glass, volcanic, i. 36 

 Glorieta de Cocuy, ii. 392 

 Glue, natural, iii. 71 

 Gneiss, strata of, ii. 76 ; formatior 



of. iii. 379; strata of, iii. 382 



