438 



Sugar, manufacture of, ii. 29; prices 



of, iii. 258; preparations from,ii. 



28, 29; refining of, ii. 28, 29, iii. 



248; profits of, iii. 250; machi- 



nery for, iii. 254,255 

 from beet-root, iii. 252 



of Cuba, iii. 248 



of St. Domingo, iii. 247 



of slave colonies, iii. 263 



of Trinidad, iii. 197 



Sugar cane, plantations of, i. 375j 

 477, 487, ii.27, 29, 152, iii. 247; 

 cultivation of the, i. 409, ii. 28 ; 

 first introduction of, to America, 

 ii. 28; geographical distribution 

 of the, ii. ib. 



Creole, i 486 



Sulphur, beds of, i. 247 



Sun, effects of the, on plants, i. 292, 

 293; eclipse of the, i. 345; Indian 

 names for the, i. 321, 326; wor- 

 ship of the, iii. 48 ; temple of the, 

 iii. 44 



Surinam, i. 480 



Swallows, migration of, i. 29 



Swine wild, herds of, ii. 269 



T. 



Tacarigua, lake of, ii. 6, 8 ; moun- 

 tains of, i. 68 



Tacoronte, valley of, i. 56 



Tamanac, nation and language, i. 

 318, 320 n, 321,327; historical 

 tradition of the, ii. 182, 473 



Tarragona, i. 6 



Tayuchuc, ii. 252 



Teguisa, i. 34 



Temanfaya, volcano of, i. 38 



Temi river, ii. 349 ; navigation of 

 the, ii. 350 



Teneriffe, peak of, i. 41-43 ; camels 

 of, i. 50 ; island of, 53 ; tempe- 

 rature of, i. 55; botanical gardens 

 of, i. 58 ; geognosy of, i. 96 ; 

 fruits and plants of, i. 116-119 ; 



aborigines of, i. 121 ; feudal 

 government of, i. 123 

 Termites, ravages of the, ii. 34, 288 

 Terra del Fuego, straits of, i. 32 ; 



islands of, iii. 296 

 Firma, old and new routes, to, 

 i. 128 ; situation of, in relation to 

 the island of Cuba, i. 367 ; insa- 

 lubrity of,i. 379 ; seven provinces 

 of, i. 393 ; seasons in, i. 489 w; 

 coast defences of, ii. 45 

 Tetas de Managua, iii. 219 



de Tolu, iii. 219 



Teyde, peak of, i. 39, 40 

 Theatre of Caracas, i. 404 

 Theocritus, translations from, i. 328 

 Theories of earthquakes, i. 469 



^ of electricity, i. 450 



^ of migration, i. 425 



Thermometer, use of, in navigation, 



i. 12, 38 



Thonschiefer, see " Clay-slate" 

 Thunder, subterranean, i. 167, 451, 



455, 458, 463, 468 

 Tibitibies, iii. 8, 55 

 Tide-borne fruits, i. 21, 22 

 Tiger, ravine, ii. lS2n 

 Tigers, see "Jaguar." 

 black, ii. 470 



Timber, luxuriance of, ii. 459 ; 

 abundance of, iii. 142 



Titis, the, ii.211 



Tivitivas, see " Tibitibies'' 



Tobacco, origin of the word, ii. 506; 

 cultivation of, in Cumana and 

 Mexico, i. 224-226 ; plantations 

 of, in Valencia, ii. 21 ; inGuiania, 

 ii. 391; in Cumanacoa, i. 225- 

 228 ; in the island of Cuba, iii. 

 258 ; statistics of, iii. 259, 260 



Tobago, i. 138; situation of, iii 

 357n 



Tocuyo river, ii. 65, 66 



Tomatos, cultivation of, ii. 20 



Tombs, Indian, ii. 481, 487 



Tomo river, ii. 294, 385 



Torito, ii. 1 



Torpedo, experiments on the, ii. 

 125-128 



