438 
IKDEX. 
Sugar, manufacture of, ii. 29; prices 
of, iii. 258; preparations from,ii. 
28, 29; refining of, ii. 28, 29, iii. 
2J8; profits of, iii. 250; maclii- 
nery for, iii. 254, 255 
from beet-root, iii. 252 
of Cuba, iii. 218 
of St. Domingo, iii. 247 
of slave colonies, iii. 2G3 
of Trinidad, iii. 1 97 
Sugar cane, plantations of, i. 375, 
477, 487, ii. 27, 29, 152, iii. 217; 
cuUivation of the, i. 409, ii. 28 ; 
first introduotmn of, to America, 
ii. 28; geographical distribution 
of the, ii. ib. 
Creole, i. 486 
Sulphur, beds of, i. 217 
Sun, effects of the, on plants, i. 292, 
293; eclipse ofthe,i. 345; Indian 
names for the, i. 321, 326; wor- 
ship of the, iii. 48 ; temple of the, 
iii. 44 
Surinam, i. 480 
Swallows, migration of, i. 29 
Swine wild, herds of, ii. 269 
T. 
Tacarigua, lake of, ii. 0,8; moun- 
tains of, i. 68 
Tacoronte, valley of, i. 50 
Tanianac, nation and language, i. 
318, 320 », 321,327; historical 
tradition of the, ii. 182, 473 
Tarragona, i. 6 
Tayuchuc, ii. 252 
Teguisa, i. 34 
Temanfaya, volcano of, i. 38 
Temi river, ii. 349 ; navigation of 
the, ii. 350 
Teneriffe, peak of, i. 41-43 ; camels 
of, i. 50 ; island of, 53 ; tempe- 
rature of, i. 55; botanical gardens 
of, i. 58 ; geognosy of, i. 96 ; 
fruits and plants of, i. 116-119 ; • 
aborigines of, i. 121; feudal 
government of, i. 123 
Termites, ravages of the, ii. 34, 288 
Terra del Fucgo, straits of, i. 32 ; 
islands of, iii. 296 
Firma, old and new routej to, 
i. 128 ; situation of, in relation to 
the island of Cuba, i. 307 ; insa- 
lubrity of,i. 3'9; seven provinces 
of, i. 393; seasons in, i. 489 n; 
coast defences ol, ii. 45 
Tetas de Managua, iii. 219 
de Tolu, iii. 219 
Teyde, peak of, i. 39, 40 
Theatre of Caracas, i. 404 
Tlieocritus, translations from, i. 328 
Theories of eartliqiiakes, i. 469 
of electricity, i. 450 
of migration, i. 425 
Tlicrmomcter, use of, in navigation, 
i. 12, 38 
Tlionscbiefer, see “ Clay-slate” 
Thunder, subterranean, i. 167, 451, 
455, 458, 463, 468 
Tibitibies, iii. 8, 55 
Tide-borne fruits, i. 21, 22 
Tiger, ravine, ii. 182n 
Tigers, see “Jaguar.” 
black, ii. 470 
Timber, luxuriance of, ii. 459; 
abundance of, iii. 142 
Titis, the, ii. 211 
Tivitivas, sec “ Tibitibies” 
Tobacco, origin of the word, ii. 506; 
cultivation of, in Cumana and 
Me.xico, i. •.124-226 ; plantations 
of, in Valencia, ii. 21; iuGuiania, 
ii. 391; in Curaanacoa, i. 225- 
228 ; in the island of Cuba, iii. 
258 ; statistics of, iii. 259, 260 
Tobago, i. 138; situation of, iii 
357» 
Tocuyo river, ii. 65, 66 
Tomatos, cultivation of, ii. 20 
Tombs, Indian, ii. 481, 487 
Tomo river, ii. 294, 385 
Torito, ii. 1 
Torpedo, experiments on the, ii. 
125-128 
