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Index. 



Earthquake at Arequipa, 416. 

 " at Ibana, 157. 



" at Riobamba, 153. 



" effect of, on climate, 91. 



" experience of 163. 



" theories of, 161. 



Eastern Cordillera, 179, 432, 552. 

 Eciton ants, 301, 486. 

 Ecuador, arm}', 87. 

 " Congress, 86. 

 " debt, 87. 

 " extent, 85. 

 " flora and fauna, 103. 

 " government, 86. 

 " population, 85. 

 " religion, 89. 

 " repudiation, 86. 

 " revenue, 87. 

 " revolutions, 86. 

 " Supreme Court, 87. 

 " volcanoes, 122, 148. 

 Ecuadorian cooking, 44, 84. 

 Education on the Amazons, 360, 366, 



371. 

 Education on the Andes, 79, 423. 

 Edwards, George, 195. 

 Ega, 239, 378. 

 Eggs of the alligator, 297. 



" of the turtle, 297. 

 El Dorado, 183. 

 Elephant at high altitudes, 155. 

 Equator, mean temperature, 262. 

 Expenses of travel, 327, 618. 

 Extractive industry, 361. 



Farina, 235, 291, 518. 



Fecundity of native women, 316, 465, 



609. 

 Ferns, tree, 38. 

 Fevers, 596. 

 Fever remedies, 331. 

 F'ire-flies, 25. 



Fish ejected from volcanoes, 107, 

 132, 143. 



" in the Amazons, 295, 479. 



" in the Napo, 226. 



" in Quito valley, 107. 



" in the tropics, 329. 

 Fishing with barbasco, 169, 479. 

 Flamingoes, 308. 

 Fleas, 487. 



Flowers on the Amazons, 292, 489. 

 " on the Andes, 50, 102, 136. 

 Fonte Boa, 239. 

 Food, scarcity of, 372, 381. 

 Forest, Amazonian, 490. 



Forest on the Napo, 216, 219. 



" trail, 182, 186. 



" tropical, 36, 38, 287, 490. 

 Fossil bones on tlie Andes, 154. 

 Fossils in the Amazons valley, 282, 



347, 560. 

 Freights on the Amazons, 374. 

 Frogs in Quito valley, 107. 



" of the Amazons, 304. 

 Fruits of Quito, 101. 



" on the Amazons, 289, 437, 

 509. 



Galapagos Islands, 105, 124. 



Gait, Dr., 383, 465, 466, 558, 562, 



580. 

 Game on the Amazons, 474. 

 Gentians, 103. 



Geology of South America, 114. 

 " of the Amazons valley, 225, 



347, 551. 

 " of the Andes, 552. 

 Glacial theory of Agassiz, 282, 660. 

 Glaciers, absence of, 131. 

 Glimpse of the Andes, 33. 

 Goitre, 94. 

 Gold in Peru, 440. 

 " on the Amazons, 348, 350. 

 " on the Napo, 196. 

 Grapes on the Amazons, 2.34. 

 Grebe on the Andes, 146, 428. 

 Guacamayo Mountain, 190. 

 Guamani,' 144, 179. 

 Guano, 434. 

 Guapulo, 178. 

 Guarani race, 316. 

 Guarana, 290, 524. 

 Guaranda, 46. 

 Guava, 512. 

 Guayaquil, city and people, 25. 



" climate, 28. 



" commerce, 29. 



" history, 28. 



" market, 30. 



Guayas River, scenes on, 32. 

 Guayusa tea, 193, 520. 

 Gums, 528. 

 Gurupa, 253. 

 Gypsy-birds, 223. 



Hammocks, 202. 

 Harbors of Peru, 434. 

 Hats of Guavaquil. 31. 



" of Moyobamba. 390. 

 Hatuntaqui." battle of, 56, 1 54. 

 Hauxwell, Mr., 227, 229. 



