428 



INDEX. 



Milk, vegetable, ii. 368 ; analysis of, 

 ii. 52-54 



tree, ii. 48, 369 



Minerals, i. 440-445, iii. 139, 140 

 Mines of alum, iii. 113-117 



of Aroa, i. 441 



of Buria, i. 441 



of Caracas, i. 440, 443, iii. 



138 



of Columbia, iii. 405 



of copper,!. 441, 444 



of emeralds, iii. 40, 382 



deserted, i. 443, ii. 75 



of gold, i. 441, 487, iii. 139, 



164 n 



of Granada, Hi. 139 



of Guanaxuato, i. 445 



of Los Toques, i. 442 



of Santa Rosa, iii. 302 



of silver, i. 445, iii. 139 



Mining, geology applied to, iii. 404, 



405 



Mirage, effects of, i. 153 j pheno- 

 mena of, ii. 103 



Missionary, life of the, i. 219 ; in- 

 fluence of, i. 297, 393; general 

 character of the, i. 252 



Missions, first establishment of in 

 America, i, 201 ; etymology of 

 the names, ii. 177 n. ; interpreters 

 of the, ii. 222 



Mission of Atures, ii. 238 



of Carichana, ii. 220, 



223 



of the Capuchins, iii. 17 ; 



inhabitants of the, i. 295 ; capital 

 of, ii. 137; government of the, 

 iii. 19 



of Carony, iii. 18, 25 



of Catuaro, i. 282 



of the Chayma Indians, i. 



218-220 



of Guanaguana, i. 245 



- of Javita, ii. 351 



of Maroa, ii, 385 



of Pararuma, ii. 216 



of Piritu, i. 2JJ5, 335; 



native tribes, of the, i. 334 



Mission of Sun Antonio, i. 244 



Mission of San Balthasar, on tKe 

 Orinoco, ii. 344 



of San Borja, ii. 232 



of Santa Cruz, i. 281 



of Uruana, ii 196 



Missions of the Upper Orinoco, !L 

 337 



Mississippi, earthquakes in the val- 

 leys of the, i. 448; basin of the, 

 iii. 355 



Mochiir.a, gulf of, i. 365 



Mocundo, sugar plantations of, ii. 

 27 



Monkeys, anatomical cause of the 

 cry of, i. 278; natural pheno- 

 menaof, i. 377; distance at which 

 the cry may be heard, ii. 70 ; rare 

 species of, ii. 211-213, 269; 

 legends of, ii. 270, 271 



Capuchin, ii. 421, 453 



of Valencia, ii. 68, 70 



of Vuelta Basilio, ii. 1 65 



Monks of the Cataracts, ii. 201, 

 202 



Catalonian, iii. 24 



Mompox, ii. 315 

 Montana Clara, i. 32; canary birda 

 of, i. 39 



de Paria, strata of, iii. 371 



Monte Verde, i. 65 

 Montserrat, i. 6, ii. 316 



Moon, prismatic colours round the, 

 i. 175; total eclipse of the, iii. 

 221 ; names for the, ii. 326, 327 



Morro Roxo, 1. 164 



Morros of San Juan, iii. 387 



Mosquitos, ii. 172; plague of, ii. 

 206, 272-274; various species, 

 ii. 276; effects of the sting of, ii. 

 280, 285; migration of, ii. 282; 

 voracity of, ii. 283 ; sting of, ii. 

 287; scourge of, ii. 435; disap- 

 pearance of, ii. 469 



of May pure, ii. 312 



Mountain scenery, i. 274, 375, iii. 



99 



chains, ii. 90, iii. 288, 



306, 3%; geolcgical constitution 

 of, iii. 3C8 



