INDEX. 
425 
K. 
Kerf valley of, ii. 297, 313; roclcs 
of, ii. 301 
Keyniis, Lawrence, travels of, iii. In, 
36 
Kings of the Guanches, i. 39 
of Mexico, i. 39 
of the Manitivitanos, ii. 3.33 
L. 
La Boca, i. 285 
La Cabrera, peninsula of, i. 503 
La Concepcion de Piritu, i. 335 
La Guayra, see “ Guayra.” 
La Mina, ravine of, i. 190 
La Valle, medicated waters of, i. 
403 
La Vega, i. 474 
La Venta of Caracas, i. 388 
La Vibora, iii. 201 
La Victoria, i. 484 ; road to, i. 49 1 
Lafayette, on the emancipation of 
slaves, iii. 274 n 
Lagartero, ii. 324. 
Laguna, situation of, i. 50 ; town of, 
i. 52 ; climate of, i. 33, 54 
Cdiica, iii. 114 
Grande, port of, i. 209, iii. 
119 
del Obispo, i. 11 
Parima, iii. 28, 37 
Lake Aniucu, iii. 35 
of asphaltum, i. 248 
of Campoma, i. 286 
of Capanaparo, ii. 197 
Cassi])a, iii. 33, 61 
Erie, iii. 355 
Manoa, iii. 30 
Ontario, iii. 355 
Parima, ii. 468 ; traditions of, 
iii. 28, 38 ; first geographical 
notice of, iii. 59 
Lake Putacuao, i. 285 
Superior, iii. 355 
Xarayes, ii. 139 
Lancerota, i. 29, 30 ; volcanic re- 
gion of, i. 31 ; inhabitants of, i. 
32 ; capital of, i. 34 
Landmarks, natural, i. 44 
Language, influence of, on the diver . 
sity of nations, i. 299 ; construc- 
tion and inechani.sni of, i. 313 
Arabic, ii. 97 «. 
Biscayan, i. 326 
of the Cai ibbees, i. 314 
Chayma, i. 311 ; its rela- 
tion to theTamanac, i. 318-320; 
grammatical construction of, i, 
319- 329 
Coptic, i. 327 
of Greenland, i. 314 
Maypure, ii. 302, 303 «. 
Tamanac, i. 319, 320 
Languages, varieties of, in the New 
Continent, i. 298 ; analogy of, i, 
299, ii. 303, iii. 79 ; affinity of, i. 
323, 324 ; classification of, i. 
324, grammatical construction of, 
320- 327, ii. 220, 221, 326 
study of, i. 329 ; difficulty of 
acquiring, experienced by the 
Indian, i. 310 
American, i, 312, 327 
European, i. 313-315 
Laplanders, i. 208 
L is Cocuyzas, i. 483, 484 
Lagunetes, i. 483 
Lata, i. 477 
Latin, early knowledge of, i. 315 » 
Laurels, zone ofj i. 117 
Lava, strata of, i. 76; primitive 
rock in, i. 106 
Leap of the Toucan, ii. 259 
Legends of the deluge, ii. 182, 183 
of the gold districts, iii, 
50 
of headless men, ii. 317 
of the Indians, ii. 183, 
236, 317 » 
of monkeys, ii. 270, 271 
of the salvaje, ii. 271 
