426 
IlfDEI. 
liRsoheriauIt, M., on ereophagy, U. 
Lichens, zone of, i. 119 
Light, phospliorio, i. 27 
— — of the stars, intensity of, i. 
volcanic, cause of, i. 237, 
238 
zodiacal, i. 491 ; variations 
of i. 492, 493 
Lima, state of society in I 413 j 
town of, iii. 223, 302 
Limestone, formations of, i. 234 n 
iii. 380, 387, 397, 398 
of Caripe, iii. 392 
of Cumanacoa, iii. 391 
— secondary, iii. 3!J3 
— of Penas Negras, iii. 
390 
Lines, isotliermal, i. 223, 422 n 
Lizards, ii. 199 
Llaneros, i. 210, iii. 71 ; charac- 
teristics of the, iii. 99,100 
Llano del Retama, i. 05 
Llanos, latitude of the, i. 210; 
basins of die, ii. 81 ; arid plains 
of, ii. 83, iii. 90 ; banks of the, 
ii. 89; landscape of, ii. 90; sub- 
divisions of the, ii. 96; origin of 
the, ii. 1 08 ; reptiles of the, ii. 
133; electric eels of the, ii. 113; 
geological construction of, ii. 134, 
iii. 372 ; hot winds of the, ii, 
141; cattle of the, iii. 138; pro- 
portions of the, iii. 367 
of New Barcelona, iii. 95 
of Caracas, iii. 93 
of Cmnana, iii. 95 
del Pao, iii. 70 
of Rio de la Plata, iii. 364 
of Venezuela, iii. 358, 363 
Lobelia, i. 240 
Lobos, island of, i. 39 
Lomas of St. Juan, iii. 195 
Lopez de Aguirre, i. 164, ii. 35 b, 
36 n, 37 n 
Los Aparecidos, ii. 8 
Los Budares, i. 478 
Los Pefiones, ii. 8 
Los Teques, mountains of, i. 474,ii. 
1 n 
Los Vueltas, i. 389 
M. 
Maelstrom, doubted existence of 
the, i. 133 
Macarao, fruits of, i. 409 
Macaws, ii. 31 1 
Machine, electrical, invented by a 
native, ii. Ill, 112 
Maco Indians, ii. 241, 292, 477 ; 
habits of the, ii. 308 
Macuiis, tribe of, iii. 35 
Magdalena, river, course of the, ii. 
315, iii. 10; navigation of, iii. 
223; serpents of the, ii. 370 
Madrid, visit of the author to, i. 6 
Magellan, straits of, i. 32 
Maguey, or Aloe, i. 332; cord from 
the fibres of the, i. 484 
Mahates, town of, ii. 315 
Mahogany, forests of, i. 240 
of Cuba, iii. 174 
of Pinos, iii. 182 
Maiquetia, cocoa trees of, i. 377 
Mairan on zodiacal light, i. 492 
Maize, i. 366 
Malaria, supposed causes of, i. 287 
Malpass6, geology of, ui. 385, 386 
Malpays, i. 69, 71 
Mammee tree, i. 255 
Mammon or Oonsejo, i. 493 ; mU 
raculous image of the Virgin at, 
ib. 
JIauimi, mountain of, ii, 298 
Man, geographical distribution of 
the races of, i. 339 ; difference of 
colour in, i. 341; physical effects 
of civilization upon, i. 305, 393, 
different characteristics of, i. 395 
Manapiari river, ii. 181. 
Manco, Inca, flight ot; iii. 63 » 
Mandavaca, mission of, ii, 411 
Mangroves, i, 371, 373 
Manatiof the river Apure, ii. 169 
170, 491 
