428 
INDEX. 
Milk, vegetable, ii. 368 ; analv<:is of, 
ii. 52 .54 
tree, ii. 48, 369 
Minerals, i. 440-445, iii. 139, 140 
Mines of alum, iii. 113-117 
of Aroa, i. 441 
of Buria, i. 441 
of Caracas, i. 440, 443, iii. 
138 
of Columbia, iii. 405 
of copper,!. 441, 444 
of emeralds, iii. 40, 382 
deserted, i. 443, ii. 75 
of gold, i. 441, 187, iii. 139, 
164 « 
of Granada, iii. 139 
of Guanaxuato, i. 445 
of Los laques, i. 442 
of Santa Rosa, iii. 302 
of silver, i. 445, iii. 139 
Mining, geology applied to, iii. 404, 
405 
Mirage, effects of. i. 153; plieno- 
mena of, ii. 103 
Missionary, life of the, 1, 219 ; in- 
fluence of, i. 297, 393; general 
character of the, i. 252 
Missions, first establishment of in 
America, i, 201 ; etymology of 
the names, iii 177 n. ; interpreters 
of the, ii. 222 
Mission of Atures, ii. 238 
of Carichana, ii. 220, 
223 
of the Capuchins, iii. 17; 
inhabitants of the, i. 295 ; capital 
of, ii. 137 ; government of the, 
iii. 19 
of Carony, iii. 18, 25 
of Catuaro, i. 282 
of the Chayma Indians, i. 
218-220 
of Guanaguana, i. 245 
of .lavita, ii. 351 
of Maroa, ii, 385 
of Pararnma, ii. 216 
of Piritu, i. 2!)5, 335 ; 
native tribes of the, i. 334 
Mission of San Antonio, i. 244 
Mission of San Balthasar, on the 
Orinoco, ii. 344 
of San Borja, ii. 232 
of Santa Cruz, i. 281 
of Uruana, ii. 196 
Missions of the Upper Orinoco, il, 
337 
Mississip))!, earthquakes in the val- 
leys of the, i. 448; basin of the, 
iii. 355 
Mochiir.a, gulf of, i. 365 
Mocundo, sugar plantations of, ii. 
27 
Monkeys, anatomical cause of the 
cry of, i. 278; natural pheno- 
mena of, i. 377; distance at which 
the cry may be heard, ii. 70; rare 
species of, ii. 211-213, 269; 
legends of, ii. 270, 271 
Capuchin, ii. 421, 453 
of Valencia, ii . 68, 70 
of Vuelta Basilio, ii. 165 
Monks of the Cataracts, ii. 201, 
202 
Catalonian, iii. 24 
Mompox, ii. 315 
Montafla Clara, i. 32; canary birds 
of, i. 39 
de Paria, strata of, iii. 371 
Monte Verde, i. 65 
Montserrat, i. 6, ii. 316 
Moon, prismatic colours round the, 
i. 175; total eclipse of the, iii. 
221 ; names for the, ii. 326, 327 
Mono Roxo, 1. 164 
Morros of San Juan, iii. 387 
Mosquitos, ii. 172; plague of, ii. 
206, 272-274; various species, 
ii. 276; effects of the sting of, ii. 
280, 285; migration of, ii. 282; 
voracity of, ii. 283 ; sting of, ii. 
287; scourge of, ii. 435; disap- 
pearance of, ii. 469 
of Maypure, ii. 312 
Mountain scenery, i. 274, 375, iii. 
99 
chains, ii. 90, iii. 288, 
306, 356; geological constitution 
of, iii. 368 
