INDEX. 
419 
El Mor o, or fort of Barcelona, i. 
368 
El Pefloi delos Bniloi, i. 36 
El Roiicador, iii. 203 
Electricity, theory of, i. 450; 
Indiau knowledge of, ii. 112; 
effects of, on horses, ii. 115 ; 
transmission of the shock, ii. 
1 23 ; dangerous effects of, ii. 
118 
atmospheric, ii. 143 
Elevation of mountains, maxima of, 
iii. 351. 353 
Em.-.ncipation of slaves, iii 272, 
271, 281-283 
Emeralds, supposed mines of, iii. 
40, 382 
Encampments, Indian, ii. 184, 407, 
422 
Encaramada, port of, ii. 177 ; 
mountains of, ii. 180 ; natives of, 
ii. 182; legends of, ii. 182, 183 
Endava, ii. 231 
Epidemics, ii. 43 
E()uator, crossing the, u 133- 
135 
Equinox, autumnal, iii. 203 
vernal, iii. 203 
Errors, geographical,!. 174,ii. 131, 
331, 426, 468, iii. 29,37, 63 
Eruptions, volcanic, i. 31, 32, 112, 
113, 458; connection of, with 
earthquakes, i, 171 
Erythrina, the, i. 256 
Esmerald.!, mission of, i. 362, ii. 
432 ; origin of the colony, ii. 
435; monkeys of, ii. 271; villa 
of, ii. 436 ; native tribes of, ii. 
465 ; departure from, ii. 467 ; 
mosquitos of, ii. 275, 469 ; lon- 
gitude of, iii. 29 
Essay, political, on the island of 
Cuba, iii. 153-270 
Essequibo, English colony of, iii. 
16 ; missionaries of, iii. 23 
river, iii. 36 
Estevan, river, ii. 41, 44; acque- 
ducts of, ii. 47 
Esquimaux, i. 22 ; countries of 
the, i, 338 ; colour of the, ii. 
465 
Etna, eruptions, and lava of, i. 
113 
Europe, departure of the authot 
from, i. 12 
Europeans, dangers of a tropical 
climate to, 1. 141; influence of, 
on slavery, iii. 273 
Evaporation, theory of, ii. 10-12, 
165; effects of, on the atmo- 
sjihere, ii. 15 
Exhalations, inflammable, ii. 67 
Eye-stones, remarkable propertier 
of the, i. 197 
F. 
Facts, pathological, relating to 
fevers, i. 382 
Falling-stars, i. 28; observation* 
on, i. 29,138, 352-359 
Faxardo, Francisco, town founded 
by, i. 442 
island of, iii. 1 
Features, mobility and immobility 
of, in men and animals, i. 304 
Females, Indian, condition of, i. 
306, 307, 309, ii.363, 455, 497, 
498, iii. 75, 78, 79 
Fernando, Cortez, ii. 59 
Ferns, arborescent, i. 277, 481 ; 
geographical distribution of, ii. 
479 n 
Ferrol, port of, i. 11 
Fever, American typhus, i. 383 ; 
propagation of, i. 384 
yellow, first appearance of 
the, i. 379 ; limits and spread of, 
i. 381 ; proximate cause of, i. 
386; prevalence of, i. 411, ii. 
43 n ; treatment of, ii. 42 
Fevers, prevalence of, in the islands 
of the Orinoco, ii. 242; remedies 
fur, ii. 312 ; pathological facts 
relating to, i. 3.82 
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