422 
INDEX. 
Guayanos, tribes of, iii. 20, 21 
Guayavo, i. 389 
Guayguaza, river, ii. 41,44; fords 
of the, ii. 41 
Guaypunaves, warlike chief of. ii. 
334 
Guayqueria Indians, i. 144; district 
of the, i. 149; origin of, i. 154; 
habits of, i. 159; language of, i. 
333 n 
Guayra, La, i. 360, 384 ; voyage to, 
i. 363; fevers in, i. 383, 386; 
port of, i. 376, 396; climate of; 
i. 378, 388 ; valleys of, i. 412 ; 
fortifications of, ii. 45 ; coasts of, 
i. 384 ; earthquakes at, i. 454; 
e.vports of, ii. 110; Guayra river, 
i. 380; source of the, i. 402; 
swells of the, i. 453 
Guayupes, iii. 48 
Guainia river, ii. 389 ; frontier posts 
on the, ii. 391 
Guiana, supposed mineral wealth of, 
ii. 341 ; natives of, ii. 411 ; mis- 
sions of, iii. 17, 18 ; population 
of, iii. 18 ; maps of, iii. 60; gran- 
ites of, iii. 65 ; auriferous soil of 
ib. 
English, iii. 17, 19 
— Spanish, iii. 1 ; capitals of, 
iii. 2 ; commerce of, iii. 6 
Guigue, mountains of, ii. 6 ; village 
of, ii. 71 
Gnines, port of, iii. 182 ; canal of, 
iii. 181, 266, 267 
Gulf Stream, i. 17 ; temperature of 
the, i. 18, iii. 228; breadth of 
the, iii. 187 «; course of the, iii. 
205 
• of Cariaco, i. 151, iii. 109, 
131; traditions of the, i. 161; 
hot springs of, i. 290; cacao 
plantations of, i. 291 ; coasts of, 
i. 292 
of Batabamo, iii. 181 
of Darien, iii. 131, 215 
of Maracaybo, iii. 131. 
of Mexico, iii, 356 
— — of Mochima, i. 365 
Gulf ofTanama, i. 193 
of Paria, iii. 131 
of Santa Fe, i. 365 
of Santa Marta, iii. 204 
ofUraba, iii. 210 
Gulfs, subterranean, ii. 8 
Gums, ii. 357 
Gymnotus, ii. 113-116; experi- 
ments on the, ii. 120 », 121, 124; 
influence of, on other fish,ii. 130; 
shocks from the, ii. 118, 123, 
126, 130; electrical apparatus of 
the, ii. 11 
Gypsum of Araya, i. 186, 187 n 
—of the Llanos, iii. 394 
H. 
Hacienda de Cura, i. 503, ii. 20 
Hail-storras, phenomena of, ii. 217 
Hanno, early travels of, i. 110, 111 
Hateros, or fanners, wealth of the, 
ii. 109 
Hato de Alta Gracia, ii. 136 
del Cayman, inhabitants of 
the, ii. 99 
del Cocollar, i. 239 
Havannab, state of society in tlie, 
i. 413, iii. 245; fevers of the, i. 
384, 411 ; voyage to the, iii. 147; 
arrival at, iii. 153; commerce of 
the, iii. 165, 247, 263; town 
pfs t'i- 157,-159, climate of the, 
iii. 173-174; population of, iii. 
199; slave population of, iii. 234 
-236, 278, fortifications of, iii. 
245, sugar plantations of, iii. 249; 
conquest of, iii. 253, coffee plan- 
tations of, ii. 257 ; port of, iii. 
261, 262; wealth of the, iii. 265; 
revenue of, iii. 268-270 
Havaneros, iii. 245, 266 
Hayti, language of, i. 329, copper 
of, iii. 194 n; population of. iii. 
199 
Hay tree, i. 302 n C 
