432 
INi)i5X. 
from, i. 86; structure of, i. 90; 
geology of, i. 97-99, 108; histo- 
rical notice of, i. Ill; eruptions 
of, i. 112, 114; vegetation on 
the, i. 116 
Peak of Teyde, 1. 41, 45 
Uriana, ii. 253 
Pearls, early use of, by the Ameri- 
cans, i, 191; revenue arising 
from the sale of, i. 191, 192; 
modes of procuring, i. 193 
Pearl coast, situation of the, i, 191 
fisheries of Cubagua, i. 145, 
191; rapid diminution of, i. 192 
of Ceylon, i. 193 
of Margareta, i. 1 93 
of Panama, i. 193, 
iii. 139 
oyster, methods of taking the, 
i. 193; destruction of, ib. 
Pedro Keys, iii. 202 
shoals, iii. 150 
Pennsylvania, iii. 143 
Pericantral, i. 290 
Peru, summits of, i. 43; nobility of, i. 
414 ; government of, iii. 76 ; ex- 
tent of, iii. 129, population of, ib. ; 
mountains of, iii. 300; frontiers 
of, iii. 362 
Petare, i. 407 
Petrifactions, iii. 389, 391 
Petroleum, origin of, iii. 384 
springs, i. 247, 248; ii. 
458, iii. 113, 384, 397 
of Maniquarez, 
i. 365 
Pheasant, American, ii. 154 
Phenomena, atmospheric, i. 41, 345, 
iii. 92 
■ — of earthquakes, i. 163, 
450, 455, 468, 470-472 
■ electric, ii. 144 
geognostic, iii. 101,102 
geological, i. 281, 284, 
368 
of hailstones, ii. 217 
magnetic, ii. 129 
■ meteorological, 1. 346 
ii. 144 
Phenon ena, natural, i. 376, 377 
~ physiological, ii. 496 
of vegetable sleep, i 
292 
Phenomenon, volcanic, series of, i. 
464 n. 
-luminous, ii. 67 n 
— — optical, i.69, 70,iii. 150 
physical, i. 220, 222, 263 
Phonolite, iii. 400 
Pliosphoresence of the sea, i. 28, 
iii. 113, 147, 151 
Physiognomy, causes of tribal fea- 
tures, i, 303, 305, iii. 85; shades 
of, i. 395 
Physiology of man, i. 341; of ani. 
mals, ib. 
Piedra, rapids of the, ii. 403 
de la Paciencia, a rock in 
the middle of the Orinoco, ii. 229 
Raton, ii. 314 
del Tigre, ii. 226, 343 
Pigments, Indian, ii. 203, 204 ; 
general use of, ii. 207, 209 
Pimichin, forests of, ii. 366, 367, 370 
Pine-apples of Barnto, i. 409 
— wild, ii. 433, 456 
Pino del Dornajito, i. 63; spring of, 
i. 64 
Pifios, island of, iii. 182, 186 
Pirijao palm, ii. 349 
Piritu, islands of, i. 369 ; palm trees 
of, ii. 336 
Piton of Teneriffe i. 57 
— — of the Teyde, i. 41, 42 
Plain of Charas, i. 158 
of Retama, i. 65, 66 
Plains, ii. 92, 95, iii. 350 ; culture 
and population of, i. 501; con- 
tinuity of, iii. 354 
of the Amazon, iii. 363 
of Caracas, iii. 71, 95 
of Europe, ii. 85 
of Rio dela Plata, iii. 364 
of the Tuy, i. 485 
of Venezuela, iii. 358 
Plane-tree, antiquity of the, i. 62 n. 
