INDEX. 



439 



Torrid zone, see "Zone " 



Toucan, natural history of the, ii. 

 406 



Tovar, Count, generous treatment 

 of slaves by, i. 504 



Tower of Hercules, i. 10 ; light- 

 house of the, i. 14 



rr.i'.le winds, i. 126 n. ; latitudes of 

 the, i. 127,435 



Traditions, ii. 182, 183 



Egyptian, ii. 227 



Tree-frogs, ii.'ttlS 



Tree-inhabiting Indians, i. 331, iii. 

 8, 55 



Trees, antiquity of, i. 491 ; alimen- 

 tary properties of, ii. 50 ; the 

 following American trees are re- 

 ferred to under tl eir respective 

 alphabetical entries: the Aloe, 

 Aguatire, Almond, Balsam, Barba 

 de Tigre, Bombax, Bonplandia tri- 

 foliata, Brazil Nut, Cuspa, Cor- 

 tex Angosturse, Cecropia, Cotton- 

 tree, Canela or Cinnamon, Cura- 

 cay, Courbaril, Cacao, Coffee, 

 Cow -tree, Carolinea princeps, 

 Dragon Vblood, Erythrina, Fig- 

 tree, Guarumo or Jarumo, Hay- 

 tree, Mammea, Mauritia, Man- 

 grove, Palms, Palo de Vaca, 

 Purkinsonia aculeata, Shirt- tree, 

 Volador, and Zamang-tree. 



Tribes, various, of native Indians, 

 i. 297, 298, ii. 463; migrations 

 of, ii. 361 ; intelligence of, ii. 416 ; 

 proportion of the different castes, 

 iii. 236 



aboriginal, iii. 77 



hyperborean, i. 339 



Trincheras, Las, hot springs of, ii. 38 



Trinidad, i. 289,405, iii. 194, 195 ; 

 town of, iii. 196; commerce of, 

 iii. 261 ; Humboldt's departure 

 from, iii. 198 



Tropics, atmosphere of the, ii. 141- 

 150 ; noon in the, ii. 199 



Tropical climate, dangers of, to 

 Europeans, from variable tempe- 

 rature, i. 177-179 



Tropical fever, i. 136 ; fatal effects 

 of, i. 140, 150 



vegetation, i. 48, 49, 370, 



429, ii. 32, 367 



Turmero.i. 499 ; Indians of, ib.; mi- 

 litia of, i. 500 



Tuamini, isthmus of, ii. 431 



Tunales, or cactus groves, i. 152 ; 



Turimiquiri, mountain of, i. 229 

 ascent of the, i, 241; lofty peaks 

 of, i. 243 



Turmero, i. 484, 499 



Turner, Mr. on Sea Vegetation, i. 

 34 



Turtle fisheries, ii. 178, 179, 185, 



Turtles, different species of, ii. 186; 

 instinct of, ii. 193 ; eggs of the, 

 ii. 178, 185,188, 190,191 ; fish- 

 eries for, ii. 184 ; capture of, ii. 

 185; abundance of, iii. 200 



Tuy, valley of the, i. 484 



Typhus fevers, i. 382 



U. 



Uaupes, see " Guauapes " 



Ucucuamo, mountain of, iii. 35 



Uita, ii. 231 



Ulloa, observations on the native In- 

 dians by, i. 342 r; statistics of 

 the yellow fever, by, i. 411 ; no- 

 tices of monkeys, by, ii. 69 



Uniana, peak of, ii. 289 



United States, savages of the, i. 

 296; newspapers of, i. 416 ; dis- 

 trict of the, iii. 126; population 

 of, iii. 123, 127, 129, 132; extent 

 of the, iii. 127, 129; slaves of the, 

 iii. 244; slave trade of the, iii. 

 277, 278; prairies of the iii. 

 356" 



Unona xylopioldes, ii. 312 



Upper Orinoco, course of the, ii. 

 315; cataracts of the, ii. 312; 

 mountains of, ii. 316, valley of, 

 ii. 318 



