INDEX. 



433 



from, !. 481 ft ; distribution of, i. 



423, ii. 319 ; migration of, i. 424, 



425 ; malaria of, i. 287 ; cordage 



from, i. 484 ; milk of, ii. 51 n 

 Plants, arborescent, i. 429 

 aromatic, i. 240, 428, ii. 



471 



cruciform, i. 120 



of the island of Teneriffe, i. 



49, 81 

 of the islands of Valencia, 



ii. 20 



-medicinal, i. 213-215, 3G1, 



ii. 364,306,394 



of North America, i. 148 



parasitic, i. 216, 232 



resinous, i. 428 



of South America, i. 152 



succulent, i. 217, 256 



Plantains, i. 205, 409, ii. 55 

 Plata, Rio de la, iii. 10 ; plaios of the, 



iii. 364 

 Poison, " Curare," preparation of 



th?, ii. 439-443; effects of, on 



the system, ii. 445 

 Poisons, vegetable, peculiar to the 



New World, ii. 320, 438 

 Polygamy, Indian practiceof, ii. 249, 



455 



P.>pa, convent dela, iii. 226 

 Population, compared with territory, 



iii. 132-137 



of Angostura, iii. 6 n 



of Brazil, i'i. 129 



of Buenos Ayres, iii. 



129 



133 



123 



of Caracas, i. 3 86, 393, 



of Cariaco, i. 288 

 of Chile, iii. 129 



of the colonies, iii. 122, 



of Cuba, iii. 129 

 of Cumana, i. 154,294 

 of Grenada, iii. 121 



of Guatimala, iii. 229 

 of Guiana, iii. 19 



of Mexico, iii. 125,129 

 native, i. 396, 397,399 



Population of Peru, iii. 129 



of Porto Rico, iii. 129 



of Quito, iii. 12J 



of Spanish America, 



iii. 129, 275 



of the United States, 



iii. 123, 125, 129 



- of Upata, iii. 20 



of Venezuela, iii. 129 



Porpoises, phosphoresence caused 

 by, i. 365 



of the river Apure, ii. 



142 



Portachuelo, promontory of, i. 503 



Portages on the rivers, ii. 298 



Portland Rock, iii. 201 



Porto Cabello, ii. 39, 42 ; salt- 

 works of, ii. 44; departure from, 

 ii. 46; geology of, iii. 398 



Rico, extent of, iii. 129; popu- 

 lation of, ib. 



Portuguese, settlements of, iii. 20 

 colonists, iii. 122 



Portus Magnus, i. 11 



Potatoe, cultivation of the, i. 22', 



483 

 Pottery, early manufacture of, ii. 



307, 308 



Potteries, Indian, i. 196 

 Powders, intoxicating, used by the 



Indians, ii. 504, 505 

 Poya, or balls of eath, consumption 



of, ii. 494-497, 503 

 Prairies, iii. 35(i, 360 

 Priests of Tomo, ii. 385 

 Printing-office, of Caracas, 5. 416 

 Prognostications by the author of 



the great earthquake at Caracas, 



i. 456, 457 



Prussic acid, discovery of, ii. 446 n. 

 Puerto de Arriba, ii. 314 

 Pumice-stones, i. 104 

 Punta Zamuro, i. 505; plantations 



of, i. 505, ii. 26 



Araya, i, 151 



Punzera, plains of, i. 247 i wild sillc 



of, ib. 



Python, the, ii. 300 

 Pyramid of Guacharo, i. 275 

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