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Diego de Ordaz, iii. 40 
Dirt-eating, a custom of the Otto- 
macs, ii. 495-49U 
Diseases most prevalent in America, 
i. 379— .184,410 
Divinity, native ideas of, ii. 474 
olpliins of the river Manzanares, 
i. 160, ii. 350 
■ — of the Temi, if. 350 
Dornajito, spring of, i. 64 
Don Alexandro Mexia, i. 282 
Don Jose de Manterola, i. 485 
Don Nicolas Soto, travels with, ii. 
151 
Don Vincent Emparan, Governor 
of Cumana, i. 149, intelligence 
and hospitality of, i. 150 
Dorado, district of, iii. 30, 35, 48 ; 
expeditions to, iii. 48 
de la Parima, iii. 30 
Doubts, geographical, respecting the 
junction of great rivers, ii. 339, 
425 
Dragon-tree, height and antiquity 
of, i, 62, 232, 277 ; juice of the, 
i, 63 n 
Dresses of the native Indians, i. 
306 
Duida, volcano of, ii. 432 j peak of 
the, ii. 316, 457 
Durasno, hill of, levelled by the 
Marquis de Nava, i. 59 
Dctch settlements, iii. 121 
Guiana, iii. 23 
E. 
Earth, oscillation of the, i. 450 ; 
undulations of, i. 451 .456; 
effects of, on men and animals, 
i. 469 
Eai th-eating, practice of, ii. 196, 
496-499, effects of, ii. 196 n, 
502 
in Asia, ii. 498 
among animals, ii. 502 
Earths, odoriferous, ii. 503 
Earthquakes, i. 162-172; causes 
of, i. 173, 168 ; connection of, 
with the atmosphere, preceding 
the shock, i. 165 ; connection of, 
with volcanic eruptions, i. 171, 
frequent shocks of, in towns dis- 
tant from volcanoes, i. 154, 447, 
449, 454, effects of, on the sea, 
i. 170, 171, n; on the shoals, i. 
164 ; annual indications of, 
i. 163 ; atmospheric indications 
of, i. 163,347; phenomena of, 
i. 163-172, 450; theories of, i. 
469 
at Caracas, i. 443 
453, 454 n 
at Cuman*, i. 162, 
347, 318 
at Lima, i. 165 
in Mexico, i. 171 ra 
at Morro Roxo, i. 164 
in Peru, i. 171 n 
at Riobamba, i. 166, 
172 
Eclipse of the moon, iii. 221 
of the sun, effects of, i. 
345, 346 
Eels, electric, varied species of, ii. 
113 ; modes of ffsliing for, ii, 
115, 116, « ; habits of the, ii. 
121 ; dangers attending the shock 
from, ii, 118; medicinal pro- 
perties of the, ii. 119 
Eggs of the turtle, fisheries of, on 
the river Orinoco, ii, 178, 179; 
harvest of, i. 185, 190; season 
for laying, ii. 187 ; method of 
de|>ositing, ii. 188; immense 
numbers of, ii. 191 
Egypf> crocodiles of, ii. 133 ; tra- 
ditions of, ii. 227 
El Castillo, ii. 218 
El Castillito, rock of, ii. 325, 480 
El Cucurucho de Coco, mountain 
of, i. 504 
El Dorado, ii. 400, iii. 25 ; legends 
of, iii. 26-31; etymology of, iii. 
39; traditions of, iii. 44, 46 62; 
legetrdary city of, ii. 137, 181 
