414 
IKBEI. 
i. 286 ; climate of, ibid ; popula- 
tion of, i. 288 
Cariaco, gulf of, i. 160,161, 289,364 
Caribbean Sea, i. 396, 413, 464, iii. 
131 ; basins of the iii. 356 
Caribbees, see Caribs 
Caribs, language of the, i. 320, 323, 
iii. 75, 78 ; tribes of, i. 335, ii. 
178, iii. 22, 73, 74, iii. 60; 
native white race of, i. 337, 338 ; 
migrations of, ii. 332, iii. 88; 
ferocity, ii. 415; missions of, iii. 
17,73; customs of, iii. 84, 85; 
characteristics of, iii. 74, 8.3, 85; 
extermination of the, iii. 77 ; 
origin of the term, iii. 78, 80 ; 
government of, iii. 88 : laws of, 
iii. 89 
Carib chief, ii. 178, iii. 89 
slave-dealers, ii. 388 
women, ii. 178, iii, 75 ; lan- 
guage of the, iii. 79 
Carichana, mission of, ii. 220-226, 
491 ; port of, ii. 220 
Caripe, convent of, i. 238, 252 ; 
valley of, i. 250, 273, 274 ; 
climate of, i. 253 ; cavern of, 
i. 256, 269; oil harvest of, i. 258; 
river of, i. 259, ii. 200; geology 
of, iii. 392 
Carizales, island of, ii. 164 
Carlos del Pino, i. 145, 148 
Pozo, ii. 112 
Carolinas, ii. 27 
Carony, river, iii. 2 ; course of the, 
iii. 7 ; falls of, iii. 20, 21 ; tribu- 
tary streams of, iii. 32 ; 33 
Carthagena, port of, iii. 215, 219, 
222, 224 
Cascabel, or rattlesnake, i. 152 
Cascades, i. 420, ii. 262 
Cascarilla-bark, see Cinchona. 
Cassime, or Zodaical Light, i. 492 
Cassipagotos, tribe of, iii. 32 n. 
Cassiquiare, river banks of the, ii. 
371 ; encampment on the, ii. 407, 
422 ; branch of the, ii. 387 ; 
fertility of the, 417; general 
aspect of,ii. 404, 431 ; tempera- 
ture of, ii. 420 ; navigation of, ii. 
423 
Castahos, el ilonte de, i. 63 
Castile, climate of, i. 8 
Castle of San .\ntonio, i. 152; 
hospital of the, i. 158 
, Cataracts, latitude of the, ii. 95 
of -Vtures, ii. 235, 490 
of Cariven, ii. 226 
of Cunuri, ii. 419 
of Guaharibos, ii. 467 
of Maypures,ii. 223, 235, 
298, 480 
of the Orinoco, ii. 234, 
235, 250, 259, 314, 329; na- 
vigation of the, ii. 260, 294 ; 
scenery of the, ii. 290 
of Rio Caroni, ii. 226 
of Quittuna, ii. 235, 480 
Catia, i. 384, 385 
Cattle of the plains, ii. 109, 111, 
iii. 138; exportation of hides, 
ii. no 
, European, ii. 11 
Cavern of Ataripe, ii. 289, 481 
of Caripe, i. 256, 269 
of Dantoe, i. 265 
of the Guacharo, i. 254 — 
271 
Caverns, origin of, i. 262 ; geologi- 
cal formations of, i. 267 
of Derbyshire, i. 254, 265 
of Franconia, i. 255 » 
Cayman, see Crocodile 
islands, iii, 152, geology 
of, iii. 186 ; situation of iii. 199 
Caymanbrack, iii. 199 
Cayo Bonito, iii. 187, 188 
de Cristoval, iii. 183 
Flamtnco, iii. 185, 186, 191 * 
Piedras, iii. 183, 186, 192 
de Perez, iii. 183 
Cfcropia, the, i. 215 
Cedeno, river, i. 215 
Centurion, Don M., expedition of, 
iii. 57, 58 
Ceremonies, religious, of the In- 
dians, ii. 363, 385, 386 
Cerro de Flores, 
