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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER VII. 
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Convent of Caripe— -Cavern of the Guacharo — Nocturnal Birds . 251 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Departure from Caripe — Mountain and Forest of Santa Maria — • 
Mission of Catuaro— Port of Cariaco . . . . 272 
CHAPTER IX. 
Physical Constitution and Manners of the Chaymas — Their Language 
— Filiation of the Nations which inhabit New Andalusia — 
Pariagotos seen by Columbus .... 293 
CHAPTER X. 
Second abode at Cumana— Earthquakes — Extraordinary Meteors . 343 
CHAPTER XI. 
Passage from Cumana to La Guayra — Morro of Nueva Barcelona 
— Codera — Road from La Guayra to Caracas . . . 354 
CHAPTER XII. 
General View of the Provinces of Venezuela — Diversity of their 
Interests — City and Valley of Caracas — Climate . , 392 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Abode at Caracas — Mountains in the vicinity of the Town — 
Excursion to the Summit of the Silla — Indications of Mines . 412 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Earthquakes at Caracas — Connection of those Phenomena with the 
Volcanic Eruptions of the West India Islands . . 445 
CHAPTER XV. 
Departure from Caracas — Mountains of San Pedro and of Los 
Teques — La Victoria — Valleys of Aragua . . . 473 
