416 
INDEX. 
Contagion of fevers, facts relating 
to, i. .■582 
■ of the plague, i. 38 2n ; 
Dr. Bailey’s opinion on the, i. 
383 
Convent of Caripe, i. 238, 252, 272, 
274 
Conuco, or Farm of Bermudez, i. 
230 
Coral, formation of, ii. 41 
— ■ rocks, Hi. 106, 186, 187, 192 
— snake, i. 152 
Cordillera of the Andes, i. 47, iii. 
287, 294, 326 
of Bar.aguaro, ii. 198 
near Cumana, i, 157 ; 
native inhabitants of the, i. 294 ; 
climate of, i. 405j volcanic nature 
of the, i, 461 
of the coast, ii. 64, iii. 
376 
Real de Neve, ii. 254 
Corn, European, cultivation of, in 
the equinoctial regions, i. 494, 
495 i limits of the growth of, i. 
498 
Cortez, Hernan, iii, 189, 199 
Cortex Angosturse, i, 212, 213 
Corunna, port of, i. 11 ; mountains 
of, i. 9, 10 ; light house of, i. 1 4 ; 
departure from, i. 13 
Cosmogony, theory of, i. 342 
Cotopaxi, mountain of, i. 47 
Cotton, native manufactures of, ii. 
477 
trees of America, i. 230 ; 
cultivation of, i. 246, 288, 503, 
ii. 56, 477 ; plantations of, i. 504, 
iii. 177 
Courbrail, the, i 256 
Cow tree, (Palo.de Vaca) ii. 47-49, 
55 
Cows in the torrid zone, i. 156, ii. 
492 
Creole sugar cane, introduction of 
the, into West Indies, i. 486 
Creoles, i. 3.92, nobility of the, i. 
413. 
Crocodiles, i. 159, 160, 367, ii. 19, 
30, 168, 169, 179, 180, 201, 233, 
iii. 3, 4, 106, 178, 18; groups 
of, ii. 154 ; ferocity of, ii. 155, 
iii. 3, 106 ; summer sleep of, ii. 
197 ; instinct of, ii. 198; oil of, 
used medicinally, ii. 497 ; effect of 
heat and cold upon, ii. 133 ; food 
of, ii. 5C.1 ; flesh of, sold for food, 
li. 504 ; habits of, i. 377, iii. 4 ; 
modes of destroying, ib. 
Crocodiles of Algodonol, ii. 168 
169 
of the Havanahiiii. 178 
181 
of Latie Valencia, ii. 19 
of Manzanares, i. 159, 
10 
of the Nile, ii. 180, 197 
of Rio Adeuas Calientes, 
ii. 39 
of Rio Cabulare, ii. 179, 
193 
of Bio Neveri, i. 367, 
iii. 106 
of the Orinoco, ii. 201, 
233 
of Uritucu, ii. 132, 
iii. 3 
Crystals, formation of, i. 78 
Cuba, coffee plantations of, i. 419; 
agriculture of, ii. 33 ; extent of, 
iii. 129, 154, 162 ; population of 
iii. 129, 199, 233, 239, 2u] 
political importance of, iii. 153; 
inhabitants of, iii. 156, 233 ; 
position of, iii. 101, 268 ; geology 
of, iii. 163, 165-169, 202 ; min- 
erals of iii. 164, climate of. Hi. 
174; turtles of, iii. 184, 189 ; 
voyage of Cortez to, iii. 189; 
ports of, iii. 193, 194, 197, 228; 
shores of, iii. 194, 229; temper- 
ature of. iii. 228 ; dioceses of, iii. 
230 ; government of, iii. 231, 
239 ; colonization of, iii. 241 ; 
public institutions of, iii. 246 ; 
commerce of, iii. 253, 259, 260, 
261, 263 ; tobacco plantations of, 
iii. 258 ; productions of, iii. 248 
