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INDEX 
Santa Cm*, situation of, i. 45, 47, 
town of, i. 48 ( Humboldt’s de- 
parture from, i. 126 
- Indian village of, i. 
275 
de Cachipo , iii. 92 
Santa Fe, de Bogota, i. 365 
gulf of,i. 413 
Santiago, ruins of, i. 194, 195 ; 
present name of, i. 222 
Santos, Don Antonio, ii. 387 
Sarsaparilla (Zarza), i. 403, ii. 
323 ; varieties of, ii. 394 
Savages, countries of, i. 293, clia- 
racter of, i. 295 ; state of, in the 
torrid and temperate zones, i. 
296; mental inaptitude of, i. 
310, 312 n ; difference of colour 
in, i. 340 ; encampment of, ii. 
184, 202; fe.stivals of, ii. 448; 
food of, ii. 496; origin of, iii. 
77 
Savannahs, origin of, i. 212, ii. 87 ; 
floods in, ii. 139; e.vtent of, iii. 
, 94 ; distribution of, iii. 361 
of Atures, ii. 254 
of Caripe, i. 274 
of Invernadero del 
Gaizel, ii. 324 
of I.agartero, ii. 324 
of Lousiana, ii. 141 
ofLovverOrincco, ii.l41 
S(;l.onbrunn, conservatories of, ii. 
27 » 
Scjlax, travels of, i. 10, 111 
Sea, vegetation in the, i. 33; plios- 
phoresence of the, i. 36.i ; vol- 
canic shocks in the. i. 459 ; tem- 
perature nt see " Oi’can” 
Caribbean, i. 396, 413, 464, 
iii. 131 
weeds, i. 33,34 ; distinct banks 
of, i. 129 ; remarkable specimen 
of, i. 142 
shores, ii. 74 
Seasons, changes in the, ii, 1 18 
of rain and storm, ii. 145- 
147 
Seeds, tide-bornr, i. 22 
Serpents, i. 285, ii. 300, 369 ; sum- 
mer sleep of, ii. 133 
Serritos, i. 154 
Sharks, i. 377, iii. 200 
Shells, petrifactions of, iii. 391 
Ship-huilding, American, iii, 142 
Shirt-trees, ii. 454 
Sliocks, electric, ii. 114, 126; dan- 
gerous effects of, ii. 118; trans- 
mission of, ii. 123; theory of, ii. 
127 
of the gymnotus, ii. 139 
Shrubs, mountain, i. 422 
aromatic, i. 428 
Siapa, see “Idapa ” 
Sienega of Batabano, iii. 178 
Sierra de Cochabamba, iii. 233, 
300n 
del Guacharo, i. 281 
Mariara, ii. 1 
de Jleapire, cacao plar tations 
of, i. 283 
Nevada de Santa Maria, iii. 
290 
de la Parime, iii. 288, 291. 
335-346, strata of the, 369, 370 
Silk of the palm-tree, i. 24 7 
Silla of Caracas,!. 375, 456; ascent 
of the, i. 417-421 ; peaks of the, 
i. 431; summit of the, i. ib.; 
precipice of, i. 432 ; descent from 
the. i. 437, 433; strata of, i. 439, 
iii. 383 
Sipapo, river, ii. 316; forests of, ii. 
317; mountains of. ii. 316,479 
Sion, river, iii. 205, 207, 214 
215 
Skeletons, Indian, ii. 483, 485 
Slates, strata of, ii. 7-8, iii. 379, 
383 
formations, iii. 383. 335 
Slaves, elevation of, to farmers and 
landowners, i. 50 1, 505; manu- 
mission of, iii. 273; importation 
of, iii. 277; rights of. iii. 230 ; 
punishment of, iii. 231, 284 n; 
Sabbath of, i. 177 
of the Canary Dlands, i. 
121 
