IXBEX. 
431 
Orinoco, monkeys of the, ii. 211, 
213 
■ vegetation on the banks 
of the, ii. 479, iii. 18 
Lower, dangerous naviga- 
tion of, ii. 250; basin of the, iii. 
358 
Upper course of the, ii. 
315; cataracts of, ii. 312; moun- 
tains of, ii. 316; valley of, ii. 
318 
Orotava, port of, i. 46, 56, 59. 
town of, i. 61; fruits of, i. 62; 
society in, i. 88 
Ortiz, ii. 68, volcanic strata of, iii. 
401 
Otaheite, sugar canes of, first intro- 
duced into America, i. 486, 487 
Otters, ii. 511 
Ottoman Indians, ii. 196 ; customs 
of, ii. 205, 207 ; physiological 
phenomena of, ii. 494, 495; cha- 
racter and habits of, ii. 504 
Ouavapavi monkey, ii. 269 
Oviedo y llanos, the historiogra- 
pher, i. 406; description of Lake 
Valencia, by, ii. 5 
D.\en, ii. 109-111 
P. 
Pacimoni river, ii. 410 
Padaviri river, ii. 393 
Palm-trees, i. 277, 288, 290; fo- 
rests of, ii. 31. 58, 106, 254, 257, 
336, 349, 422; groves of, i. 421, 
ii. 32; classification of, iii, 8 n, 72; 
utility of the, ii. 107 
of Cuba, iii. 159, 208 
of the Llanos, ii. 166 n. 
iii. 172 
. of Piritu, ii. 336 
cordage, ii. 387 
calibage, ii. 454 
oil, ii. 356 
wine, iii 209 
Palo de Vaca, see “ Cow -tree” 
Pampas, or ste]>pes, ii. 87; origin 
of the term, iii. 364 n; extent 
of, ii. 97 
— of Buenos Ayres, iii. 363 
Panama, isthmus of, iii. 59, 82, 
130 
Panthers, ii. 154, 470 
Panumana, island of, ii. 237, 491 
Pao, town of, iii. 71, 90; river of, 
ii. 12, 13 
Papaw-trees, ii. 20 
Paper, substitutes for, ii. 433 
Paraguay river, ii. 340, iii. 10, 32 
Pararuma, encampment of Indians 
at, ii. 200-202 
Paria, promontory of, i 200, 439, 
coast of, i. 142, iii. 216; origin 
of the name, i. 330 ra; inhabi- 
tants of, i. 306, .330, 335, 336 
Parians, history of the, i. 337 « 
Parima, ii. 466 n, district of, iii. 29 
river, iii. 25 
lake of, ii. 468, iii. 59; tra- 
ditions of, iii. 28-37 
Parkinsonia aculeata, ii. 41 
Parnati river, ii. 218 
Parroquets, flocks of, ii. 106 
Pascua, valley of, i. 474, 476 
Pasto, town of, iii. 307 
Pasturage, region of, 1. 393, 394; 
cultivation of the, i. 412 
Patagonia, mountains of, iii. 297; 
plains of, iii. 364 
Patagonians, origin of, i. 123 
Pathology of fevers, i. 382 
Pays de Vaud, scenery of, compared 
with Valencia, ii. 3 
Peak of Ayadyrma, or Echerdo, i. 
91 
of Calitamini, ii. 313 
of Cocunza, ii. 218 
of Cuptano, iii. 297 
of Duida, ii. 316, 457 
of Guacharo, i. 280, 281 
of the Silla, see “ Silla ” 
of Tencrifle, i. 40-87; ascent 
of, i. 50, 60, 63, 04, 65, 73; 
scenery of the, i, 57, 71, 81- 
83; crater of, i. 57, 74, 77; tem- 
perature of the, i. 84; descent 
