412 
INDEX. 
Bird island, ii. 161 
Birds of South America, i. 216, 
236, 254-262, ii. 154,164,210, 
255, 311, 385 
■ domestic, ii. 311, migrations 
of, ii. 384 
hshing, ii. 164, 255, 383 
granivorous, ii. 503 
nocturnal, see “ Guacharo,” 
Bishop’s lake, i. 11. 
Bitumen springs, iii. 397 
Blow-tubes of the Indians, ii. 453 
Boats of Cumana, i. 362 
Bobadilla Francisco, mission founded 
by, ii. 386 
Boca de Arichuna, ii. 164 
Chica, iii. 224, 225 
del Drago, i. 138 
Grande of Carthagena, iii. 
224 
de la Tortuga, ii. 184 
Bochica, or Indacanzas, priests of, 
iii. 45, 46 
Body-painting, practice of, ii. 205 ; 
methods of, ii. 208, 209, iii. 46, 
74 
Bohemia, mountains of, i. 35 
Bombax. ii. 343 
Bonpland, M. intrepidity of, i. 344, 
ii. 194 
tree dedicated to, (Bon- 
plandi trifoliata), iii. 23 
Boracha, island of, i. 368 
Boraohita, island of, iii. 147 
Botany, descriptive, i. 328 n 
of the Canai'y islands, i. 
49, 58, 59 
of the Coral islands, iii. 
186 
Bougainville, dissemination of the 
sugar cane by, i. 486 
Bovadillo, expedition of, ii. 461, 
467 
Bi-anco river, ii. 393 
Brazil, boundaries of, ii. 373 ; extent 
of, iii. 128, 129 i population of, 
ib. ; mountains of, iii. 287, 346 — 
350 ; frontiers of, iiL 362 ; gold 
of, iii. 405, 406 
Brazil-nut trees, (Beitholletia ex. 
ceha) ii. 391 j nut, harvest of, ii. 
448, 452 
Bread-fruit, i. 331 
Breschet, M. ii. 502 
Bridges over the Amazon, ii. 462, n 
of Lianas, ii. 461 
Brigantine, situation of the, i. 157 ; 
conjunction of, with the Cocolla, 
i. 241 ; descent of the, i. 275 
Bruyfere, description of slaves by, 
i. 176, n 
Brownea, or mountain roses, i. 482, 
490 
Buen Pastor, mineral springs of, L 
248 
Buenos Ayres, exports of, ii. 110 ; 
extent of, iii. 129; population of, 
ib. situation of, iii. 298 j pampas 
of, iii. 360, 363 
Burro, isle of, ii. 18 
ButterOies, American, i. 278 
Butter-tree, ii. 55 
from birds, !. 258 
from palm-fruit, iii, 208 
from the tortoise egg, ii. 
190 
C. 
Caho Blanco, i. 376 ; summit of, i. 
385 ; climate of, i. 386 
Cabrera,, promontory of, ii. 7 ». 
Cabruta, town of, iii. 83 
Cabullure, river, ii. 179 
Cacao, port of, ii. 422 
export of, i. 376, ii. 61 ; 
adulteration of, ii. 63 ; harvest 
of, ii. 60 
of Cumana, i. 288 
trees, propagation of, i. 290; 
plants having the same properties, 
ii. 290, 291 
of Barcelona, iii. 91 
wild, ii. 58, 394, 422, 
504 
plantations, i. 288, 291, 
ii. 57, 60, 62 
Cactus, American, i. 138 ; forests 
