INDEX. 
\cej)liali, ii. 317 _ . 
Action, electric, similarity of, in 
the electric eel and the voltaic 
battery, ii. 122 e • ,.q 
volcanic, centre of, _t. 44a, 
455, 401 ; connexion of, iii. 403 
Acosta, travels of, i. 171 
Aihuisonia, or baobab of, Senegal, 
i. 62 ... 
Acuvajos, country of the, ill. oa 
Aerolites, i. 357 
Africa, travels in, i. 4j deserts of, 
ii. 97 
Aguaa Calientes, ravine of, ii. 22 
river of, ii. 39 _ 
Agriculture, tropical, i. 206, 207, 
209, iii. 126 ; early Ipractice of, 
i 295, ii. 368 ; influence of on 
individuals, ii. 98 ; mean tempe- 
rature required for the success ot, 
i. 495 ; geology applied to, ill. 
404, 405 ^ ^ ^ ... 
in the island of Cuba, in. 
247 ■ 
— zone of, in Spanish America, 
i. 394 
Aguatire, the, i. 482 
Ajuntas, i. 476 
Alcaldes, or Indian magistrates, i. 
253 
Alegranza, island of, i. 31-37-39 
Algodonal, ii. 177! crocodUes of, 
ii. 167 
AJoe, see Magney 
Alligators, ii. 197, iii. 179 
Almond-trees, ii. 368, 449 
Alphabet, application of ‘he. 
Indian langus^es, i. 322, ii. 304 
Alta Vista, plain of, i. 68 ; natural 
ice-house of, ib. 
— Gracia, ii. 136 
Alum, European, iii. 118 
mines, iii. 112, 113, 116 
Amalivaca, ii. 473 
Amasonia, arborea, ii. 355 
Amazon river, falls of the, ii. 251, 
252; valley of the, ii. 314; na- 
vigation of, ii. 374 ; tributary 
streams of, ii. 377 ; bridges over 
the, ii. 462 n ; course of the, m. 
303, 304 ; basin of the, iii, 360, 
362 ; plains of the, iii. 363 
stones, ii, 395-397 ; locality 
of, ii. 462 
Ani&zons, traditions of the, ii. 399- 
402 
Amygdaloide, iii. 400 
America, discovery of, i. 21 ; ra 
piditv of vegetation in, i. 148 ; 
Savanahs of, ii. 87 ! geological 
structure of, ii. 91, 92 ; early 
colonists of, ii. 374 ; traditions 
of, iii. 28, 116 ; ancient name of, 
iii. 59 j supposed identity of, 
with Asia, ill. 216,217 _ _ 
— cast of the Andes, in. 35 1 
_ English, iii. 122 ; popula- 
tion of, iii. 127 
Portuguese, iii. 20 ; popu* 
lation of, iii. 127 
South plants or, i. lo4 
213-217, 232, 240; forests of, 
i. 215, 216; 276, 280, 283, ii. 
8, 31, 366, in. 141 ; missions of. 
