ISDEX. 
411 
Volcano of Cotopaxi, i. 459 
of Guadaloupe, i. 1"0, 
447 
of Jorullo, i. 31 
- of Laiioerote, i. 30-32 
of Pasto, iii. 307 
of St.Vinceut.i. 447, 450 
of Teneritfe, i. 104-108 
of Tunguraiiua, i. 456 
Volcanoes, i. 90, 94, 114, 466; 
effects of, on the earth, i. 58 ; 
structure of, i. 75, 90-95*, action 
of, i. 79; isolated position of, 
i. 9 1 ; submarine effects of, i. 448; 
study of, i. 462 
Voyages of Columbus, i. 440, iii. 
215-217 
of Sir Walter Raleigh, in. 
1 n, 2, 57 
Vuelta de Basilio, ii. 165 
del Cochino Roto, ii. 162 
del Joval, ii. 157 
Vultures, i. 292, ii. 134, 139 
W. 
Walls, Cyclopean, ii. 310 
V'ars, religious, ii. 219 
Wasps, fatal effects of the sting, 
ii. 367 , . .. 
Water, search for, in the plains, _ii. 
101; varied colours of, ii. 275, 
410, 411, iii. 202, 203; causes 
of the, 322-:i25; scarcity of, 
after earthquakes, i. 453; varie- 
ties of, in the streams of the 
Orinoco, ii. 340; theory of the 
diminution of, ii. 6-12; proper- 
perlies of, as a conductor of elec- 
tricity, ii. 128; temperature of, 
ii. 16, 17 . , „ 
hogs, see " Chiguires 
melons, i. 292 
spouts, iii. 149 
snakes, ii. 301, 342 
Waters, medicinal, i. 403 
thermal, ii. 21, ii. 38, 39, 
iii. 104 
Weapons, American, i. 100 
Wells, affected by earthquakes, i. 
167 
West India Islands, iii. 81, 82, 154; 
commerce of the, i. 367 ; old and 
new route to, i. 128; prevalence 
of fevers in, i. 383, 411; volca- 
noes of, i. 464, 467 n; epidemics 
of, ii. 43 m; primitive population 
of, iii. 237; sugars of the, iii. 
248 ; slaves of, iii. 273-275; 
basin of the, iii. 35? 
West rock, i. 38 
Western continent, 6rst indications 
of the, i. 21 
Wheat, cultivation of, in the Canary 
Islands, i. 45-52; in Mexico, i. 
495; produceof, i. 497, iii. 126; 
limits of the growth of, i. 498 ; of 
the United States, iii. 260 
White Sea, iii. 36, 39 
native tribes, i. 337, 338, iii. 
236 
Windward Channel, iii. 202 
Winds, insalubrious, of Caracas and 
Italy, i. 407 
of sand, iii. 92, 102 
Wine of Ibe island of Cuba, iii. 200 
Indian, i. 332, iii. 9 n 
- — — from the palm-tree, iii. 209, 
210 
Wild beasts of America, i. 230-232, 
ii. 156, 163, 104, 153 
m.an of the woods, ii. 270 
Wood, varied colours of. i. 232, 482; 
jietrifactions of, iii. 389 
of fruits, ii. 452 
Women, native Indian, i. 306, 307; 
language peculiar to, ii. 320 n, 
41 1 u, iii. 78; exclusion of, from 
religious services, ii. 363; predi- 
lections of, iL 497 ; condition of, 
i. 309; inequality in the rights 
of, ii. 455 
Caribbean, iii. 75, 78, 79 
Javanese, ii. 498 
Words, identity of, in different lan- 
guages, i. 319; grammatical con- 
struction of, i. 320-322; com- 
pounds of, i. 326; analogy of, ii. 
303, 304 
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