INDEX. 
439 
Torrid zone, sec ‘ ' Zone ” 
Toucan, natural history of the, ii. 
406 
Tovar, Count, generous treatment 
of slaves by, i. 504 
Tower of Hercules, i. 10 ; light- 
house of the, i. 14 
Trade winds, i. 126 7». ; latitudes of 
the, i. 127,43,'> 
Traditions, ii. 182, 183 
Egjpt'an, ii. 227 
Tree-frogs, ii. 313 
Tree-inhabiting Indians, i. 331, iii. 
8, 55 
Trees, antiquity of, i. 491 ; alimen- 
tary properties of, ii. 50 ; tlie 
following American t.-ees are re- 
ferred to under tl eir respective 
alphabetical entries : the Aloe, 
Aguatire, Almond, Balsam, Barba 
de Tigre, Bombas, Bonplandia tri- 
foliata, Brazil Nut, Cu-spa, Cor- 
tex Ango.stura:, Cecropia, Cotton- 
tree, Canela or Cinnamon, Cura- 
cay, Conrbaril, Cacao, Coffee, 
Cow-tree. Carolinea princep.s, 
Dragon''s-blood, Erythrina, Fig- 
tree, Guarumo or Jarumo, Hay- 
tree, Maminca, Mauritia, Man- 
grove, l*alms, Palo de 1 aca, 
Parkinsonia aculeata. Shirt- tree, 
Volador, and Zamang-tree. 
Tribes, various, of native Indians, 
i. 297, 298, ii. 463; migrations 
of, ii. 361 ; intelligence of, ii. 416; 
proportion of the different castes, 
iii. 236 
aboriginal, iii. 77 
hyperborean, i. 339 
Trincheras, Las, hotspring.sof,ii. 38 
Trinidad, i. 289,405, iii. 191, 195; 
town of, iii. 196; commerce of, 
iii. 261 ; Humboldt’s departure 
from, iii. 198 
Tropics, atmosphere of the, ii. 141- 
150 ; noon in the. ii. 199 
Tropical climate, dangers of, to 
Europeans, from variable tempe- 
rature, i. 177-179 
Tropical fever, i. 136 ; fatal effects 
of, i. 140, 150 
vegetation, i. 48, 49, 370, 
429, ii. 32, 367 
Turmero,i. 499 ; Indiansof, ib.; mi- 
litia of, i. 500 
Tuaraini, isthmus of, ii. 431 
Tunale.s, or cactus groves, i. 1 52 ; 
Turimiquiri, mountain of, i. 220 
ascent of the, i, 211; lofty peaks 
of,i. 213 
I’urjnero, i. 481, 490 
Turner, Sir. on Sea Vegetation, i. 
34 
Turtle fisheries, ii. 178, 179, 185, 
Turtles, different species of, ii. 188 ; 
instinct of, ii. 193 ; eggs of the, 
ii. 178, 185, 188, 190, 191 ; fish- 
eries for, ii. 184 ; capture of, ii. 
185; abundance of, iii. 200 
Tuy, valley of tlie, i. 484 
Typhus fevers, i. 382 
U. 
Uaupes, see “ Guauapes ’’ 
Ucucuamo, mountain of, iii. 3.5 
Uita, ii. 231 
Ulloa, observations on the native In- 
dians by, i. 342 «; statistics of 
the yellow fever, by, i. 411 ; no- 
tices of monkeys, by, ii. 69 
TJuiana, peak of, ii. 289 
United States, savages of the, i. 
296; newspapers of, i. 416 ; dis- 
trict of the, iii. 126; population 
of, iii. 123, 127, 129, 132; e.xtent 
of the, iii. 127, 129 ; slaves of the, 
iii. 214; slave trade of the, iii. 
277, 278 ; prairies of the iii. 
356' 
Unona xylopioides, ii. 312 
Upper Orinoco, course of the, ii. 
315; cataracts of the, ii. 312; 
mountains of, ii. 316, valley of, 
ii. 313 
