IXDEX. 



431 



Orinoco, monkeys of the, ii. 211, 

 213 



vegetation on the banks 

 of the, ii. 479, Hi. 18 



Lower, dangerous naviga- 

 tion of, ii. 250; basin of the, iii. 

 358 



Upper course of the, ii. 



315; cataracts of, ii. 312; moun- 

 tains of, ii. 316; valley of, ii. 

 318 



Orotava, port of, i. 46, 56, 59, 

 town of, i. 61; fruits of, i. 62; 

 society in, i. 88 



Ortiz, ii. 68, volcanic strata of, iii. 

 401 



Otaheite, sugar canes of, first intro- 

 duced into America, i. 486, 487 



Otters, ii. 511 



Ottomac Indians, ii. 196; customs 

 of, ii. 205, 207; physiological 

 phenomena of, ii. 494, 495; cha- 

 racter and habits of, ii. 504 



Ouavapavi monkey, ii. 269 



Oviedo y Banos, the historiogra- 

 pher, i. 406; description of Lake 

 Valencia, by, ii. 5 



Dxen, ii. 109-111 



P. 



Pacimoni river, ii. 410 



Padaviri river, ii. 393 



Palm-trees, i. 277, 288, 290; fo- 

 rests of, ii. 31, 58, 106, 254, 257, 

 336, 349, 422; groves of, i. 421, 

 ii. 32 ; classification of, iii. 8 n, 72 ; 

 utility of the, ii. 107 



of Cuba, iii. 159, 208 



of the Llanos, ii. 166 n. 



iii. 172 



of Piritu, ii. 336 



cordage, ii. 387 



cabbage, ii. 454 



oil, ii. 356 



wine, iii 209 



Palo de Vaca, see " Cow -tree" 

 Pampas, or steppes, ii. 87; origin 



of the term, iii. 364 n; crtent 

 of, ii. 97 



of Buenos Ayrea, iii. 363 



Panama, isthmus of, iii. 59, 82, 



130 



Panthers, ii. 154, 470 

 Panumana, island of, ii. 237, 491 

 Pao, town of, iii. 71, 90; river of, 



ii. 12, 13 



Papaw-trees, ii. 20 

 Paper, substitutes for, ii. 433 

 Paraguay river, ii. 340, iii. 10, 32 

 Pararuma, encampment of Indians 



at, ii. 200-202 



Paria, promontory of, i. 200, 439, 

 coast of, i. 142, iii. 216; origin 

 of the name, i. 330 n; inhabi- 

 tants of, i. 306, 330, 335, 336 

 Parians, history of the, i. 337 n 

 Parima, ii. 466 n, district of, iii. 29 



river, iii. 25 



lake of, ii. 468, iii. 59; tra- 

 ditions of, iii. 28-37 



Parkinsonia aculeata, ii. 41 

 Parnati river, ii. 218 

 Parroquets, flocks of, ii. 166 

 Pascua, valley of, i. 474, 476 

 Pasto, town of, iii. 307 

 Pasturage,' region of, i. 393, 394; 



culti\ation of the, i. 412 

 Patagonia, mountains of, iii. 297; 



plains of, iii. 364 

 Patagonians, origin of, i. 123 

 Pathology of fevers, i. 382 

 Pays de Vaud, scenery of, compared 



with Valencia, ii. 3 

 Peak of Ayadyrma, or Echerdo, i. 

 91 



of Calitamini, ii. 313 



of Cocunza, ii. 218 



of Cuptano, iii. 2'J7 



of Duida, ii. 316, 457 



of Guacharo, i. 280, 281 



of the Silla, see " Silla " 



of Teneriffe, i. 40-87; ascent 



of, i. 50, 60, 63, 64, 65, 73; 

 scenery of the, i. 57, 71, 81- 

 83; crater of, i. 57, 74, 77; tem- 

 perature of the, i. 84 ; descent 



