CONTENT? 



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CHAPTER XI. 



VOYAGE FROM CUM AN A TO GUAYEA. , 



Passage from Cumana to La Guayra— Phosphorescence of the Sea- 

 Group of the Caraccas and Chimanas— Port of New-Barcelona— La 

 Guayra— Yellow Fever — Coast and Cape Blanco — Road from La 

 Guayra to Caraccas 110 



CHAPTER Xn. 



CITY OF CARACCAS AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT. 



City of Caraccas — General View of Venezuela — Population — Climate — 

 Character of the Inhabitants of Caraccas— Ascent of the Silla— Geo- 

 logical Nature of the District, and the Mines 123 



CHAPTER Xin. 

 EARTHQUAKES OF CARACCAS. 



Extensive Connexion of Earthquakes— Eruption of the Volcano of St. 

 Vincent's— Earthquake of the 26th March, 1812— Destruction of the 

 City— Ten Thousand of the Inhabitants killed — Consternation of the 

 Survivors — Extent of the Commotions 135 



CHAPTER XIV. 



JOURNEY FROM CARACCAS TO THE LAKE OF VALENCIA. 



Departure from Caraccas — La Buenavista — Valleys of San Pedro and the 

 Tuy— Manterola— Zamang-tree— Valleys of Aragua— Lake of Valencia 

 — Diminution of its Waters — Hot Springs — Jaguar — New- Valencia — 

 Thermal Waters of La Trinchera— Porto Cabello — Cow-tree— Cocoa- 

 plantations— General View of the Littoral District of Venezuela. . 142 



CHAPTER XV. 



JOURNEY ACROSS THE LLANOS FROM ARAGUA TO SAN 

 FERNANDO. 



Mountains between the Valleys of Aragua and the Llanos— Their Geologi 

 cal Constitution— The Llanos of Caraccas— Route over the Savanna 

 to the Rio Apure — Cattle and Deer — Vegetation — Calabozo — Gymnoti 

 or Electric Eels — Indian Girl — Alligators and Boas — Arrival at San 

 Fernando de Apure 160 



CHAPTER XVL 



VOYAGE DOWN THE RIO APURE 



San Fernando— Commencement of the Rainy Season— Progress of At- 

 mospherical Phenomena — Cetaceous Animals — Voyage down the Rio 

 Apure— Vegetation and Wild Animals— Crocodiles, Chiguires, and 



