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IXDEX. 
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Quaqajis, wai'like tribe of, i. 333 
Quartz, veins of, i. 444 
Quebrada, or ravines, ii. 37 
' de Aguas Calientes, ii/ 
22 
" ’ ■ — ■ del Oro, i. 487, 490 
■■ de Seca, i. 488, 489 
de Tipe, i. 585, 400,443 
Quebnmta, iii. 142 
Queries, geological, t. 90 
Quetepe, plain and sjn'ing of, i. 207 ; 
view of, i. 20S 
Quince-tree, i. 409 ; fruit of the, ib. 
QuinJiu, ii. 315j mountains ot^ iii. 
309 
Quinsay, iii. 210 
Quipos, or knotted cords, use of, iii. 
88, 89 
Quirabuena, see “ Mandavaca.” 
Quito, province of, i. 28 ; summits 
of, i. 43; volcanic nature of the 
kingdom, i. 11.3; eartluiuakes in, 
1. 154, 170, 349, iii. 5; town of, 
i. 403; state of society ill, i. 413; 
civilization of, ii. 309 ; sheep of, 
ii. 110; extent of, iii. 129; popu- 
lation of, ib.; political position 
of, iii. 143 
Quittuna, cataract of, ii. 233, 430 
R. 
Races, antiquity of, ii. 48fi ; differ- 
ences of, i. 395 ; proportion of, 
i. 399; jealousies of, i. 414 ; dis- 
appearance of, iii. 76 
Anglo Saxon, iii. 144 
mixed, ii. 4G4 
native, affinity of, i. 298 
native, white, i. 337, 338 
Rafts, Indian, ii. 231 
■ natural, of the Orinoco, ii. 
250 
Rain, scarcity of, in Araya, i. 292 n, 
frequency of, at Caracas, i. 409 ; 
periodical seasons o(, ii. 144-148 
electrical, i. 347 
equatorial, ii. 145, iii. 13 
prognostics of, ii. 419 n 
tropical, iii. 101, causes of, 
iii. 206 
Raleigh, Sir W. voyages of, iii. 1 ii ; 
expeditions of, iii. 53-57 
Rambleta, plain of, i. 72 
Ranges, volcanic, i. 465 
Rapids, navigation and causes of, 
ii. 260, 261, 203 
of Atures, ii. 234, 258-2CI 
of Piedra, ii. 403 
Raudal of Caraeji, ii. 314 
of Caiiucari, ii. 259 
of Cariven, ii. 228 
of Garcita, ii. 293 
of Javarivenl, ii. 239 
of Marimara, ii. 220 
of Tobaje, ii. 231, 243 
Raiidals, elevation ol, ii. 262, see 
“ Cataracts ” 
Raya, Indians, ii. 317 
Reactions, volcanic, i. 461 
Redoute, M., work of, on Roses, 
i. 121 
Reeds, ii. 453 
Region of perpetual snow, iii. 310 
Religion of the Indians, ii. 362 
Republics of Spanish America, iii. 
276 
Resins, ii. 357 
Retama, plain of, i 66 
Rhododendrons, zone of, i. 420, 
427 
Rialexo de Aboxo, i. GO 
Rinconada, gold mines of, i. 231 
Rincon del Diablo, see “Devil’* 
Nook ’’ 
Rivers, junctions of, ii. 339; ad- 
vantages of, iii. 131; changes 
in the courses of, ii. 13, 380; 
causes of the swellingof, ii. 495»z ; 
source of the five great streams, 
ii. 381 
of Cuba, iii. 171 
