INDEX, 
429 
Mountain chains, transverse, ii. 94, 
iii 289 
vegetation, i. 115-119, 
203, 274 
ridges, iii. 288, 289, 359 
Mountaineers, district of, i. 395 rt. 
Mountains, origin of, ii. 409; struc- 
ture of, i. 182, iii. 293, 290; 
systems of, iii. 294, 351, 354; 
maxima of the heights of, iii. 351, 
353 
■ of Andalusia, i. 200,203. 
— of Amya, i. 183 
of Avila, i. 404 
basaltic, i, 50 
of Brazil, iii. 287, 340- 
of Buenavista, i. 283 
calcareous, i. 157, 375 
conical, peculiarities of, 
i. 47 
of Cumana, i. 182, 209, 
iii. 98 
of Cariaco, i. 284 
of Encaramada, ii. 176, 
180 
of Guanaja, ii. 458 
of Higuerote, i. 480 
of Meapera, i. 283 
of Parime, iii. 335-340 
of Santa Maria, i. 270 
of Santa Marta, iii. 326, 
327 
of Silla and Cordera, i. 
374, 402, 405 
of Venezuela, iii. 287, 
291,327-335 
volcanic, shape of, i. 92; 
geology of, i. 90 ; isolated posi- 
tion of, i. 91; sinkingof, during 
an earthquake, i. 450 
of Yumariquin, ii. 458 
Mucuju river, ii. 08 
Mulattoes of Araya, i. 190 
of Guadaloupe, ii. 99, 
101; characteristics otj iii. 5 
hlules, American, i. 249, 270, ii. 
100 
Mummies of Ataruipe. ii. 483 
Mummy-caves of the Wuanches, i. 
123, 124 
Music of the Indians, ii. 345, 449 
Mythology, ii. 473 
Myths, ancient, iii. 27 
N. 
Naga, peak of, i. 45 
Nan, lake of, ii. 321 
Naphtha, natural springs of, i, 198 
Nations of the New World, sup- 
posed origin of, i. 325 ; causes of 
the shades of colour in the, i. 
341 
Anthropophagitio, ii. 413, 
416, iii. 80 
Indian, i. 332, 334, 337, 
339 
Native boatmen, i. 363 
hordes, distribution of, ii. 
300 
Indians, i. 144, subtlety of, 
i. 311; varied colour of, i. 340- 
342 »; manner of living, i. 503 ; 
characteristics of, iii. 5; legends 
of the, ii. 18.3 ; rafts of the, ii. 
231 ; infanticide encouraged by, 
ii. 249; polygamy of the, ii. 455 
population, i. 294, 390-399, 
iii. 127 
white race, i. 338, 340 
worship, objects of, ii. 363 
Nature, tranquillity of, i. 241 ; 
immutable laws of, i. 255 
Navigation, new system of, i. 128 ; 
Indian mode of, i. 363 
Needle, magnetic, variations in the, 
i. 14, 15 
Negress, i. 493 
Negro population, iii. 242 
Negroes, sale of, i. 170; festivals of, 
i. 177; municipality of, ii. 66; 
mortality of, iii. 244 ; moral con- 
dition of, iii. 272, 273 ; emanci- 
pation of, iii. 274; importation 
of, iii. 278 
