INDEX. 
411 
Astorga, i. 9 
Astronomy, study of, i. 134, 135 
Atabapo, the, ii. 329 ; pure waters 
of the, ii. 338 j banks of the, ii. 
341, 471 
Ataripe, cavern of, ii. 481-485 
Atlantic, temperature of the, i. 12, 
129, 130 ; currents in the, i. 15- 
25 ; phenomena, in the, i. 137 n 
Atlantis, i. 52 n 
Atmosphere, rapid changes, in tbe, 
i. 224 ! serenity of the, i. 240 ; 
greatest heat of the, i. 378 ; ob- 
servations on the, i. 408 
Atmospheric transparency, effects 
of, on mental and vegetable pro- 
perties, i. 82 
Atrato, iii. 218 
Aturajos, country of the, iii. 35 
Atures, rapids of, ii. 234 ; mission 
of, ii. 238, 489 j prevalence of 
fevers at, ii. 242, 289 ; vegetation 
of, ii. 255, 256 ; church of, ii. 
266 ; tribes of ii. 289, 484 ; 
language of, ii. 302 
Auraca, river, ii. 137; birds of the, 
ii. 196 
Avila, mountain of, i. 387, 390, 
475 
Azores, new island of the, i. 38 ; 
sea around the, i. 129 
B. 
Balsam-trees, groves of, i. 497 
Bamboos, i. 217; furniture made 
from, ii. 56 ; region of, ii. 420 
Banana-tree, i. 409 
Bandits of the plains, iii. 93, 94 
Baracoa, commerce of, iii. 261 
Baragnan, passage of, ii. 198, 487, 
493 
Barba de Tigre, ii. 172 
Barbarian, origin of the term I. 
294 
Barbarism, regions in which it most 
prevails, L 293 
Barbula, cotton plantations of, ii. 
56 
Barcelona, New, native population 
of, i. 294, 297 .- languages of, 1. 
317 ; port of, i. 367, 396, iii. 6, 
91; fort of, i. 368, ii. 45, iii. 
102; earthquakes at, i. 446; 
plains of, iii. 95; town of, iii. 
103 
Barigon, limestones of the, iii. 398 
Bark, medicinal, iii. 23 
trees, i. 59, n 
Barometer, variations of, previous 
to earthquakes, i. 166, 167, ho- 
rary variations of, i. 273 
Barquisimeto, i. 440, 441 
Baru, peninsula of, iii. 219 
island of, iii. 220 
Basalt, i. 50 
Batabano, route to, iii. 177 ; gulf 
of, iii. 181; rocks of, iii. 183, 
186, 187 
Batavia, sugar cane of, i.487 
Bathing, methods of, practised by 
the Indians, i. 159 
Bats, ti. 1 36 
Baudin, Capt. expedition of to the 
South Seas, i. 3, 13, ascent of 
peak Teneriffe, by , i. 74 
Ba.vo de la Cotua, i. 289 
Bears, ii. 366 
Beauty, national ideas of, i. 308 
Bees peculiar to the New World, i. 
434, 435, ii. 200, 367 
European importation of, iii. 
261 
Beet-root sugar, iii. 252 
Benedictus Alexander, physiological 
phenomenon related by, i. 222 
Beni, river, iii. 304, 361 n 
Benzoni Girolamo, (i. 176), voyage 
of, i. 397, 398 n 
Berbice, iii. 16 
Bergantin, excursion to, iii. 105 ; 
sandstone of the, iii. 394 
Bermuda, islands of, i. 129 
Berrio, Antonio de, iii. 50 ; expedi- 
tion of, iii. 51-53 
Bertholletia excelsa, or Brazil nut 
tree, ii. 391 
