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IXDEX. 



from. i. 86 j structure of, i. 90; 

 geology of, i. 97-99, 108; histo- 

 rical notice of, i. Ill; eruptions 

 of, i. 112, 114; vegetation on 

 the, i. 116 



Peak of Teyde, i. 41, 45 



Uriana, ii. 253 



Pearls, early use of, by the Ameri- 

 cans, i. 191; revenue arising 

 from the sale of, i. 191, 192; 

 modes of procuring, i. 193 



Pearl coast, situation of the, i. 191 



fisheries of Cubagua, i. 145, 



191; rapid diminution of, i. 192 



of Ceylon, i. 193 



of Margareta, i. 193 



of Panama, i. 193, 



iii. 139 



oyster, methods of taking the, 



i. 193 ; destruction of, ib. 



Pedro Keys, iii. 202 



shoals, iii. 150 



Pennsylvania, iii. 143 

 Pericantral, i. 290 



Peru, summits of, i. 43; nobility of,i. 

 414 ; government of, Hi. 76 ; ex- 

 tent of, iii. 129, population of, ib. ; 

 mountains of, iii. 300; frontiers 

 of, iii. 362 

 Petare, i. 407 

 Petrifactions, iii. 389, 391 

 Petroleum, origin of, iii. 384 



. springs, i. 247, 248; ii. 



458, iii. 113, 384, 397 



of Maniquarez, 



i. 365 



Pheasant, American, ii. 154 

 Phenomena, atmospheric, i.41, 345, 

 iii. 92 



of earthquakes, i. 163, 



450, 455, 468, 470-472 



electric, ii. 144 



geognostic,iii. 101,102 



geological, i. 281, 284, 



368 



ii. 144 



of hailstones, ii. 217 

 magnetic, ii. 129 

 meteorological, i, 346, 



Phenon ena, natural, i. 376, 377 



physiological, ii. 496 



of vegetable sleep, i 



292 

 Phenomenon, volcanic, aeries of, i. 



464 n. 



luminous, ii. 67 n 



optical, i. 69, 70, iii. 150 



-physical,!. 220, 222,203 





28, 



Phonolite, iii. 400 



Phosphoresenne of the sea, i. 

 iii. 113, 147, 151 



Physiognomy, causes of tribal fea- 

 tures, i. 303, 305, iii. 85; shades 

 of, i. 395 



Physiology of man, i. 341; of ani- 

 mals, ib. 



Piedra, rapids of the, ii. 403 



de la Pacitncia, a rock in 



the middle of the Orinoco, ii. 229 



Raton, ii. 314 



del Tigre, ii. 226, 343 



Pigments, Indian, ii. 203, 204; 



general use of, ii. 207, 209 

 Pimichin, forests of, ii. 366, 367, 370 

 Pine-apples of Baruto, i. 409 

 wild, ii. 433, 456 



Pino del Dornajito, i. 63 ; spring of, 



i. 64 



Pinos, island of, iii. 182, 186 

 Pirijao palm, ii. 349 

 Piritu, islands of, i. 369 ; palm trees 



of, ii. 336 

 Piton of Teneriffe i. 57 



of the Teyde, i. 41, 42 



Plain of Charas, i. 158 



of Retama, i. 65, 66 



Plains, ii. 92, 95, iii. 350; culture 



and population of, i. 501; con- 

 tinuity of, iii. 354 



of the Amazon, iii. 363 



of Caracas, iii. 71, 95 



of Europe, ii. 85 



of Rio de la Plata, iii. 364 



of the Tuy, i. 485 



of Venezuela, iii. 358 



Plane-tree, antiquity of the, i. 62 n. 



Plants, phenomena of the sleep of, 



i. 292; experiments on the air 



