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INDEX. 



Leschenault, M., on geophagy, ii. 



498 



Lichens, zone of, i. 119 

 Light, phosphoric, i. 27 



of the stars, intensity of, i. 



351 



volcanic, cause of, i. 237, 



238 



zodiacal, i. 491 j variations 



of i. 492,493 



Lima, state of society in i. 413 ; 

 town of, iii. 223, 302 



Limestone, formations of, i. 234 n 

 iii. 38U, 387, 397, 398 



of Caripe, iii. 392 



of Cumanacoa, iii. 391 



secondary, iii. 393 



of Pen as Negras, iii. 

 396 



Lines, isothermal, i. 223, 422 



Lizards, ii. 199 



Llaneros, i. 210, iii, 71 j charac- 

 teristics of the, iii. 99,100 



Llano del Retama, i. 65 



Llanos, latitude of the, i. 210; 

 basins of che, ii. 84 ; arid plains 

 of, ii. 85, iii. 96 j banks of the, 

 ii. 89; landscape of, ii. 90; sub- 

 divisions of the, ii. 96; origin of 

 the, ii. 108; reptiles of the, ii. 

 133 ; electric eels of the, ii. 113 ; 

 geological construction of, ii. 134, 

 iii. 372; hot winds of the, ii. 

 141; cattle of the, iii. 138; pro- 

 portions of the, iii. 367 



of New Barcelona, iii. 95 



of Caracas, iii. 95 



of Cumana, iii. 95 



del Pao, iii. 70 



of Rio de la Plata, iii. 364 



of Venezuela, iii. 358, 363 



Lobelia, i. 240 



Lobos, island of, i. 39 



Lomas of St. Juan, iii. 195 



Lopez de Aguirre, i. 164, ii. 35 n, 



36 n, 37 n 



Los Aparecidos, ii. 8 

 Los Budares, i. 478 

 Log Feflones, ii. 8 



Los Teques, mountains of,i. 474, iU 



1 n 

 Los Vueltas, i. 389 



M. 



Maelstrom, doubted existence of 



the, i. 133 

 Macarao, fruits of, i. 409 

 Macaws, ii. 311 

 Machine, electrical, invented by a 



native, it 111, 112 

 Maco Indians, ii. 241, 292,477; 



habits of the, ii. 306 

 Macusis, tribe of, iii. 35 

 Magdalena, river, course of the, ii. 



315, iii. 10 ; navigation of, iii. 



223 ; serpents of the, ii. 370 

 Madrid, visit of the author to, i. 6 

 Magellan, straits of, i. 32 

 Maguey, or Aloe, i. 332 ; cord from 



the fibres of the, i. 484 

 Mahates, town of, ii. 315 

 Mahogany, forests of, i. 240 

 of Cuba, iii. 174 

 of Pinos, iii. 182 



Maiquetia, cocoa trees of, i. 377 



Mairan on zodiacal light, i. 492 



Maize, i. 366 



Malaria, supposed causes of, i. 287 



Malpasso, geology of, iii. 385, 386 



Malpays, i. 69, 71 



Mammee tree, i. 255 



Mammon or Consejo, i. 493 ; mi- 

 raculous image of the Virgin at, 

 ib. 



Manimi, mountain of, ii. 298 



Man, geographical distribution of 

 the races of, i. 339 ; difference of 

 colour in, i. 341; physical effects 

 of civilization upon, i. 305, 393, 

 different characteristics of, i. 395 



Manapiari river, ii. 181. 



Manco, Inca, flight of, iii. 63 n 



Mandavaca, mission of, ii. 411 



Mangroves, i. 371, 373 



Manatiof the river Apure, ii. 169,, 

 170,491 



