INDEX.. 



425 



Keri valley of, ii. 297, 313; rocks 



of, ii. 301 

 Key mis, Lawrence, travels of, iii. 1, 



36 

 Kings of the Guanches, i. 39 



of Mexico, i. 39 



of the Manitivitanos, ii. 333 



La Boca, i. 285 



La Cabrera, peninsula of, i. 503 



La Concepcion de Piritu, i. 335 



La Guayra, see " Guayra." 



La Mina, ravine of, i. 196 



LaValle, medicated waters of, i. 



403 



La Vega, i. 474 

 La Venta of Caracas, i. 388 

 La Vibora, iii. 201 

 La Victoria, i. 484 ; road to, i. 49 1 

 Lafayette, on the emancipation of 



slaves, iii. 274 n 

 Lagartero, ii. 324. 

 Laguna, situation of, i. 50; town of, 



i.52; climate of, i. 53,54 



Chica, iii. 114 



Grande, port of, i. 209, iii. 



119 



del Obispo, i. 11 



Parima, iii. 28, 37 



Lake Amucu, iii. 35 



of asphaltum, i. 248 



of Campoma, i. 286 



of Capanaparo, ii. 197 



- Cassipa, iii. 33, 61 

 Erie, iii. 355 



- Manoa, iii. 30 



<' Ontario, iii. 355 



Parima, ii. 468 ; traditions of, 



iii. 23, 38 ; first geographical 



notice ot, iii. 59 



Lake Putacuao, i. 285 



Superior, iii. 355 



Xarayes, ii. 139 



Lancerota, i. 29, 30 ; volcanic re- 

 gion of, i. 31 ; inhabitants of, i. 

 32 ; capital of, i. 34 



Landmarks, natural, i. 44 



Language, influence of, on the diver 

 sity of nations, i. 299 ; construc- 

 tion and mechanism of, i. 313 



Arabic, ii. 97 n. 



Biscayan, i. 326 



of the Caribbees, i. 314 



Chayma, i. 311; its rela- 



tion to theTamanac, i. 318-320; 



grammatical construction of, i. 



319-329 



Coptic, i. 327 



of Greenland, i. 314 



Maypure,ii. 302, 303 n. 



Tamanac, i. 319, 320 



Languages, varieties of, in the New 

 Continent, i. 298 ; analogy of, i 

 299, ii. 303, iii. 79 ; affinity of, i. 



323, 324 ; classification of, i. 



324, grammatical construction of, 

 320-327, ii. 220, 221, 326 n.; 

 study of, i. 329; difficulty of 

 acquiring, experienced by the 

 Indian, i. 310 



American, i, 312, 327 



European, i. 313-315 



Laplanders, i. 208 



Las Cocuyzas, i. 483, 484 



Lagunrtes, i. 483 



Lata, i. 477 



Latin, early knowledge of, i. 315 n 



Laurels, zone of, i. 1 1 7 



Lava, strata of, i. 76 ; primitive 



rock in, i. 106 

 Leap of the Toucan, ii. 259 

 Legends of the deluge, ii. 182, 183 

 of the gold districts, iii. 



50 



of headless men, ii. 317 



of the Indians, ii. 183, 



236, 317 n 



of monkeys, ii. 2"0, 271 



of the salvaje, ii. 2/1 



