410 
INDEX. 
i. 218, 244, 245, 281, 282, 
295, 334, 335, ii. 220, 223, 
232, 238, 344, 337, 351, 385, 
iii. 18 ; natives of, i. 339 j 
waters of, i. 403 ; (lampas of, ii. 
87, 88, geography of, iii. 26 29 ; 
geognostic description of, iii. 
285 ; condgnration of, iii. 286 ; 
mountains of, iii. 366 ; extent 
of, iii. 367 ; plains of Ibib, boun- 
daries of, iii. 368 
America, Spanish, inhabitants of, i. 
338, 340, 397; civil wars of, i. 
400 ! state of society in, i. 413 ; 
productions of, i. 505 ; boundaries 
of, ii. 373 ; frontier posts of, ii. 
374; population of iii. 121, 127, 
129 ; extent of, iii. 127 ; repub- 
lics of iii. 276 ; commerce of, ii. 
122; agriculture of, iii. 126; 
political position of, iii. 144, 
146 
Amerigo, Vespucci, i.338 
Andalusia, New, coasts of, iii. 161, 
285, iii. 2; mountains of, i. 147, 
200, 239; capital of, 147; in. 
habitants of, i. 294 ; earthquakes 
in, i. 446 ; extent of, iii. 215, 
216 
Andes, ascent of the, i. 244 ; 
branches of the, ii. 93 ; structure 
of, iii. 291-326 ; elevation of iii. 
291 ; etymology of the name, iii. 
296 ; importance of tire, iii. 309. 
of Chili iii. 364 
Angostura, iii. 2 ; commerce of iii. 
6 ; geology of, iii. 384 
bark, iii. 23, 24 
Anil, see Indigo 
Animals, effects of heat and cold, 
upon, ii. 133, 134 ; organization 
of, ii. 139 ; contemplations on the 
nature of, ii. 153, 154 ; hemis- 
pherical distribution of, ii. 319; 
geography of, iii. 399 
- ■■ ■ — domestic, ii. 311 
wild, herds of, ii. 104 
Animals, painted representations of, 
by native Indians, ii. 308 
Anthropophagy, ii. 413, iii. 85 
Antidotes, to poisons, ii. 446 «, 447 
Antiles, the iii. 154, 247 
Antimano, i. 474, 477 
Ants, of the torrid zone, ii. 34, use 
of by the natives as food, ii. 389 
411 
Apes, different species of, i. 278 
Apparatus electrical, ii. 112 
Apples, American, i. 409, 410 
Apure river, ii. 137, 142; voyage 
on the, ii. 151 ; channel of, il. 
161 ; navigation of, ii. 1 64 ; 
junction of, with the Orinoco, ii. 
1 74 ; fetid waters of, ii. 200 ; 
rise of the iii. 1 1 
Apurito, island of, ii. 151, 172 
Aquio, river, ii. 385 
Aradores, ii. 352 
Aragua, i. 501, ii. 1 ; cotton plan- 
tations of, i. 504 ; boundaries of, 
ii. 2 ; forests of, ii. 10 ; plains of, 
ii. 15 ; indigo grounds of, ii. 32, 
33; cacao plantations of, ii. 57, 
58 ; geology of, ii. 17 ; vultures 
of, ii. 134 
Araguatos, ii. 69 
Araya, salt works of, i. 179-182, 
186, 187, iii. 112; Peninsula of, 
i. 184; castle of, i. 188; pearls 
of, i. 191 ; inhabitants of, i. 199; 
scarcity of rain in, i, 292, iii. 
114 ; geology of, iii. 395 
Archipelago, of St. Bernard, iii. 
205, 219 
of Chonos, iii. 297 
of Rosario, iii. 219 
Arenas, i. 220 
Areverians, tribe of, ii. 200 
Areo, river, i. 245, 248 
Aroa, copper mines of, i. 441, ii. 
65 ; river of ib. 
Arowaks, tribe of the, iii. 82 
Arrua, the, ii. 186, 187, 189 
Artabrum, promontory of, 1. 11. 
Arvi, the, iii. 33 
Asia, steppes of, ii. 87 
Asphaltum, lake of, i. 248 n 
Assuay, mountains of, iii. 306 
