INDEX. 



Volcano of Cotopaxi, i. 459 



of Guadaloupe, i. 170, 



447 



of Jorullo, i. 31 



of Lancerote, i. 30-32 



of Pasto, iii. 307 



of St. Vincent,!. 447, 450 



of Teneriffe, i. 104-108 



of Tungurahua, i. 456 



Volcanoes, i. 90, 94, 114, 466; 



effects of, on the earth, i. 58 ; 

 structure of, i. 75, 90-95; action 

 of, i. 79; isolated position of, 

 i. 91 ; submarine effects of, i. 448; 

 study of, i. 462 



Voyages of Columbus, i. 440, iii. 

 215-217 



of Sir Walter Raleigh, iii. 



1 n, 2, 57 



Vuelta de Basilio, ii. 165 



del Cochino Roto, ii. 162 



del Joval, ii. 157 



Vultures, i. 292, ii. 134, 139 



W. 



Walls, Cyclopean, ii. 310 



Wars, religious, ii. 219 



Wasps, fatal effects of the sting, 

 ii. 367 



Water, search for, in the plains, ii. 

 101 ; varied colours of, ii. 275, 

 410, 411, iii. 202, 203; causes 

 of the, 322-325; scarcity of, 

 after earthquakes, i. 453; varie- 

 ties of, in the streams of the 

 Orinoco, ii. 340; theory of the 

 diminution of, ii. 6-12; proper- 

 perties of, as a conductor of elec- 

 tricity, ii. 128; temperature of, 

 ii. 16, 17 



hogs, see "Chiguires" 



melons, i. 292 



spouts, iii. 149 



snakes, ii. 301, 342 



Waters, medicinal, i. 403 



thermal, ii. 21, ii. 38, 39, 



iii. 104 



Weapons, American, i. 100 



Wells, affected by earthquakes, i. 

 167 



West India Islands, iii. 81, 82, 154; 

 commerce of the, i. 367; old and 

 new route to, i. 128; prevalence 

 of fevers in, i. 383, 411; volca- 

 noes of, i. 464, 467 n; epidemics 

 of, ii. 43 n; primitive population 

 of, iii. 237; sugars of the, iii. 

 248; slaves of, iii. 273-275; 

 basin of the, iii. 357 



West rock, i. 38 



Western continent, first indications 

 of the, i. 21 



Wheat, cultivation of, in the Canary 

 Islands, i. 45-52; in Mexico, i. 

 495; produce of, i. 497, iii. 126; 

 limits of the growth of, i. 498 ; of 

 the United States, iii. 260 



White Sea, iii. 36, 39 



native tribes, i. 337, 338, iii. 



236 



Windward Channel, iii. 202 

 Winds, insalubrious, of Caracas and 

 Italy, i. 407 



of sand, iii. 92, 102 



Wine of the island of Cuba, iii. 260 



Indian, i. 332, iii. 9 n 



from the palm-tree, iii. 209, 



210 



Wild beasts of America, i. 230-232, 



ii. 156, 163, 104, 153 



man of the woods, ii. 270 



Wood, varied colours of, i. 232, 482 ; 



petrifactions of, iii. 389 



of fruits, ii. 452 



Women, native Indian, i. 306,307; 

 language peculiar to, ii. 326 n. 

 414 n, iii. 78; exclusion of, from 

 religious services, ii. 363; predi- 

 lections of, ii. 497; condition of, 

 i. 309; inequality in the rights 

 of, ii. 455 



Caribbean, iii. 75, 78, 79 



Javanese, ii. 498 



Words, identity of, in different lan- 

 guages, i. 319; grammatical con- 

 struction of, i. 320-322; com- 

 pounds of, i. 326; analogy of, ii. 

 303, 304 



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