434 



INDEX. 



Quaquas, warlike tribe of, i. 333 

 Quartz, veins of, i. 444 

 Quehrada, or ravines, ii. 37 



. de Aguas Calientes, iu 

 22 



del Oro, i. 487, 490 



de Seca, i. 488, 489 



de Tipe, i. 385, 406,443 



Quebranta, iii. 142 



Queries, geological, i. 90 



Quetepe, plain and spring of, i. 207; 

 view of, i. 208 



Quince-tree, i. 409 ; fruit of the, ib. 



Quindiu, ii. 315; mountains of, iii. 

 309 



Quinsay, iii. 216 



Quipos, or knotted cords, use of, iii. 

 88, 89 



Quirabuena, see f * Mandavaca." 



Quito, province of, i. 28 ; summits 

 of, i. 43; volcanic nature of the 

 kingdom, i. 113; earthquakes in, 

 i. 154, 170, 349, iii. 5; town of, 

 i. 403; state of society in, i. 413; 

 civilization of, ii. 309 ; sheep of, 

 ii. 110; extentof, iii. 129; popu- 

 lation of, ib.j political position 

 of, iii. 143 



Quittuna, cataract of, ii. 235, 480 



R. 



Races, antiquity of, ii. 48 G ; differ- 

 ences of, i. 395 ; proportion of, 

 i. 399 ; jealousies of, i. 414 ; dis- 

 appearance of, iii. 76 



Anglo Saxon, iii. 144 



mixed, ii. 464 



native, affinity of, i. 298 



native, white, i. 337, 338 



Rafts, Indian, ii. 231 



- natural, of the Orinoco, ii. 

 250 



Rain, scarcity of, in Araya, i. 292 n, 

 frequency of, at Caracas, i. 409 ; 

 periodical seasons of, ii. 144-148 



electrical, i. 347 



equatorial, ii. 145, iii. 13 



prognostics of, ii. 419 



tropical, iii. 104, causes of, 



iii. 206 

 Raleigh, Sir W. voyages of, iii. 1 n ; 



expeditions of, iii. 53-57 

 Rambleta, plain of, i. 72 

 Ranges, volcanic, i. 465 

 Rapids, navigation and causes of, 



ii. 260, 261, 263 



of Atures, ii. 234, 258-2G1 



of Piedra, ii. 403 



Raudal of Cameji, ii. 314 



of Canucari, ii. 259 



of Cariven, ii. 228 



of Garcita, ii. 293 



of Javariveni, ii. 259 



of Marimara, ii. 220 



of Tobaje, ii. 231, 248 



Raudals, elevation of, ii. 2u2, tee 



" Cataracts " 

 Raya, Indians, ii. 317 

 Reactions, volcanic, i. 461 

 Redoute, M., work of, on Roses, 



i. 421 



Reeds, ii. 453 



Region of perpetual snow, iii. 310 

 Religion of the Indians, ii. 362 

 Republics of Spanish America, iii. 



276 



Resins, ii. 357 

 Retama, plain of, i 66 

 Rhododendrons, zone of, i. 426, 



427 



Rialexo de Aboxo, i. 60 

 Rinconada, gold mines of, i. 231 

 Rincon del Diablo, see "Devil's 



Nook " 



Rivers, junctions of, ii. 339; ad- 

 vantages of, iii. 131; changes 



in the courses of, ii. 13, 380; 



causes of the swelling of, ii. 495 n ; 



source of the five great streams, 



ii. 381 

 of Cuba, iii. 171 



