INDEX. 



Aborigines, page 69, 109, 111, 315, 



454. 

 Achiote, 168, 527. 

 Adobe dwellings, 46. 

 Agassiz, Prof., on the geology of the 



Amazonian valley, 280, 282. 

 Agriculture on the Amazons, 243, 



372. 

 Agriculture on the Andes, 75. 

 Aground on the Amazons, 239. 

 Aguano, 201. 



Aguardiente, 175, 383, 520. 

 Alcalde's house, 202. 

 AlHgator pear, 511. 

 Alligators, 35, 296, 482. 

 Almeyrim Hills, 252. 

 Aloe, American, 100, 532. 

 Alpacas, 421. 

 Alpaca wool, 438. 

 Altar, volcano of, 150. 

 Amazons River, annual rise, 274. 



" " birds on, 306. 



" " cetaceans, 299. 



" " commerce, 277, 351. 



" " current, 273. 



" " delta, 272. 



" " depth, 274. 



" " • etymology, 278. 



" " expeditions, 277. 



" " first view of, 226. 



" " fishes, 295. 



" " foreign vessels on, 



276. 



" " insects. 300. 



" " life within, 295. 



" " magnitude, 264, 272, 



278, 339, 351. 



" " natural canals, 265. 



" " navigation, 276. 



" " reptiles, 296. 



" " scenery, 236, 364, 



377. 



" " source, 264, 349. 



Amazons River, tints, 272. 



" " tributaries, 266, 271, 



340. 

 " " volume, 273. 



" valley, 280. 



" " climate, 273, 284, 



351. 

 " " creation of, 117. 



" " forest, 287. 



" fruits, 289, 437, 509. 

 " " geology, 281, 551. 



" " minerals, 286. 



" " population, 462. 



" " slope, 280. 



" " soil, 286. 



" " trees, 289. 



" " zoology, 284, 474. 



Amazonian Indians, 316, 462, 470. 

 AmI)ato, 52, 153. 

 America, the continent of vegetation, 



103. 

 America, South, geology of, 114. 

 American colonists, 251, 368. 

 Ammonites on the Andes, 554. 

 Amphisboena, 194. 

 Amusements in Quito, 80. 

 Anacondas, 222. 

 Ancachs silver ores, 442. 

 Andean chain, 119. 

 Andes, birds on the, 105, 146. 

 " equipped for the, 37. 

 " first sight of the, 33. 

 " geology of, 115, 553. 

 " heart of the, 48. 

 " last view of the, 214. 

 " of Ecuador, 121. 

 " railway over, 420. 

 " reptiles on the, 107. 

 " rise of the, 115. 

 " sinking of the, 138, 551. 

 " summit of the, 49, 134. 

 " valleys of the, 130. 

 " views fi'om the, 45, 134, 141. 



