CONTENTS 
OF 
VOLUME THE FIEST. 
Page' 
Editor’s Preface ...... iii 
Introduction - by the Author . . . . ix 
CHAPTER I. 
Preparations — Instruments — Departure from Spain — Landing at 
the Canary Islands ...... I 
CHAPTER II. 
Stay at Teneriffe — Journey from Santa Cruz to Orotava — Excursion 
to the summit of the Peak of Teyde , . . .45 
CHAPTER III. 
Passage from Teneriffe to South America — The Island of Tobago — 
Arrival at Cumana . . . . . .126 
CHAPTER IV. 
First abode at Cumana — Banks of the Manzanares . . 14/ 
CHAPTER V. 
Peninsula of Araya — Salt-marshes — Ruins of the Castle of Santiago 1 71? 
CHAPTER VI. 
Mountains of New Andalusia — Valley of the Cumanaeoa — Summit 
the Cocollar — Missions of the Chayma Indians . . 
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