Marguerita, island of.

Mariara: peaks of. geological construction of. hot springs of. medicinal waters of.

Marl formations.

Maroa, mission of.

Maryland.

Matacona, river.

Matagorda.

Mataveni, river.

Matanzas. hamlet of. origin of the name.

Matuna.

Matunilla.

Mauritia-palm, or sago-tree.

Mauritius, sugar canes, first brought to the.

Mavaca, river.

Maxima of mountain elevation.

Maypures: climate of. luxuriant vegetation of. village of. cataract of. inhabitants of. potteries of. birds of. animals of. language.

Menagerie.

Meat: consumption of.

Mediterranean Sea: formation of the. basins of the. of the west.

Medusas, or sea-nettles: phosphoric properties of.

Memnon, statue of, probable cause of the sounds issuing from.

Mendoza.

Mesopotamia.

Mestizoes.

Meta, river: plains of the.

Meteorology, main problem of.

Meteors: connection of, with the undulations of the earth. falling. fiery, seen at Cumana. luminous.

Mexico, or New Spain: connection of, with foreign colonies. native population of. state of society in. nobility of. wheat of. government of. agriculture of. extent of.

Miasma, experiments on.

Mica-slate, formations of.

Middleberg.

Migration: of nations. of insects. of plants. difficulties of the theory.

Milk: distribution of animals yielding. vegetable. analysis of. tree.

Minerals.

Mines: of alum. of Aroa. of Buria. of Caracas. of Columbia. of copper. of emeralds. deserted. of gold. of Granada. of Guanaxuato. of Los Teques. of Santa Rosa. of silver.

Mining, geology applied to.

Mirage: effects of. phenomena of.

Mission: of Atures. of Carichana. of the Capuchins. inhabitants of the. capital of. government of the. of Carony. of Catuaro. of the Chayma Indians. of Guanaguana. of Javita. of Maroa. of Pararuma. of Piritu. native tribes of the. of San Antonio. of San Balthasar, on the Orinoco. of San Borja, of Santa Cruz. of Uruana.

Missionary: life of the. influence of. general character of the.

Missions: first establishment of in America. etymology of the names. interpreters of the. of the Upper Orinoco.

Mississippi: earthquakes in the valleys of the. basin of the.

Mochima, gulf of.

Mocundo, sugar plantations of.

Monkeys: anatomical cause of the cry of. natural phenomena of. distance at which the cry may be heard. rare species of. legends of. Capuchin. of Valencia. of Vuelta Basilio.

Monks: of the Cataracts. Catalonian.

Mompox.

Montana Clara. canary birds of. de Paria, strata of.

Monte Verde.

Montserrat.

Moon: prismatic colours round the. total eclipse of the. names for the.

Morro Roxo.

Morros of San Juan.

Mosquitos. plague of. various species. effects of the sting of. migration of. voracity of. sting of. scourge of. disappearance of. of Maypure.

Mountain: scenery. chains. geological constitution of. chains, transverse. vegetation. ridges.

Mountaineers, district of.

Mountains: origin of. structure of. systems of. maxima of the heights of. of Andalusia. of Araya. of Avila. basaltic. of Brazil. of Buenavista. calcareous. conical, peculiarities of. of Cumana. of Cariaco. of Encaramada. of Guanaja. of Higuerote. of Meapera. of Parime. of Santa Maria. of Santa Marta. of Silla and Cordera. of Venezuela. volcanic, shape of. geology of. isolated position of. sinking of, during an earthquake. of Yumariquin.

Mucuju river.

Mulattoes: of Araya. of Guadaloupe. characteristics of.

Mules, American.

Mummies of Ataruipe.

Mummy-caves of the Guanches.

Music of the Indians.

Mythology.

Myths, ancient.

Naga, peak of.

Nao, lake of.

Naphtha, natural springs of.

Nations: of the New World, supposed origin of. causes of the shades of colour in the. Anthropophragitic. Indian.

Native: boatmen. hordes, distribution of. Indians, subtlety of. varied colour of. manner of living. characteristics of. legends of the. rafts of the. infanticide encouraged by. polygamy of the. population. white race. worship, objects of.

Nature: tranquillity of. immutable laws of.

Navigation: new system of. Indian mode of.

Needle, magnetic, variations in the.

Negress.

Negro population.

Negroes: sale of. festivals of. municipality of. mortality of. moral condition of. emancipation of. importation of.

Negroes of valley of Tuy.

Negro, Rio, the: its source. tributaries of the. oscillations of. basin of the.

Neiva, valley of.

Nettles, see Medusas.

Nueva: Barcelona, see Barcelona. Valencia, see Valencia.

Neveri, river.

New: Cadiz. Grenada, see Grenada. Spain, see Mexico. Toledo, see Toledo.

Niger, sands of the.

Night in the woods of America.

Niguator, mountain of.

Nile: crocodiles of the. periodical risings of the.

Niopo, or Indian snuff.

Nobility: of Spanish America. badge of. of complexion.

Noon, in the tropics.

Numbers, difficulty of acquiring a knowledge of.

Oak, magnitude and antiquity of the.

Observations: astronomical. meteorological.

Obsidian: weapons made of. varieties of. origin of.

Ocean: temperature of the. currents in the. phosphoresence of the, see Humboldt's Views of Nature. aerial.

Ochsenberg, mountain of.

Ocumare.

Oil: obtained from the birds of Caripe. of the cocoa nut. of the crocodile, medicinal properties of the. of the manatee. of the turtle egg. sale of.

Omaguas, province of the.

Optical illusion.

Orang-otang, the.

Orange trees: of America. of Cuba. of Spain.

Orchila: island of. geology of.

Ordaz, expeditions of.

Orinoco: course of the. waters of the. water levels of. navigation of. junctions of the. celebrated bifurcation of the. sinuosities of the. breadth of. temperature of. insalubrious winds of the. connection of, with the Amazon. source of. confluence of. periodical swellings of. current of. branches of the. origin of the name. ancient name of. tributary streams of. accident on the. aspect of the, from Uruana. coast scenery of the. district of the. great cataracts of the. islands of the. mountains of the. monkeys of the. vegetation on the banks of the. Lower, dangerous navigation of. basin of the. Upper, course of the. cataracts of. mountains of. valley of.

Orotava: port of. town of. fruits of. society in.

Ortiz, volcanic strata of.

Otaheite, sugar canes of, first introduced into America.

Otters.

Ottomac Indians: customs of. physiological phenomena of. character and habits of.

Ouavapavi monkey.

Oviedo y Banos, the historiographer: description of Lake Valencia, by.

Oxen.

Pacimoni river.

Padaviri river.

Palm-trees: forests of. groves of. classification of. utility of the. of Cuba. of the Llanos. of Piritu. cordage. cabbage. oil. wine.

Palo de Vaca, see Cow-tree.

Pampas, or steppes: origin of the term. extent of. of Buenos Ayres.

Panama, isthmus of.

Panthers.

Panumana, island of.

Pao: town of. river of.

Papaw-trees.

Paper, substitutes for.

Paraguay river.

Pararuma, encampment of Indians at.

Paria: promontory of. coast of. origin of the name. inhabitants of.

Parians, history of the.

Parima: district of. river. lake of. traditions of.

Parkinsonia aculeata.

Parnati river.

Parroquets, flocks of.

Pascua, valley of.

Pasto, town of.

Pasturage: region of. cultivation of the.

Patagonia: mountains of. plains of.

Patagonians, origin of.

Pathology of fevers.

Pays de Vaud, scenery of, compared with Valencia.

Peak: of Ayadyrma, or Echerdo. of Calitamini. of Cocunza. of Cuptano. of Duida. of Guacharo. of the Silla, see Silla. of Teneriffe. ascent of. scenery of the. crater of. temperature of the. descent from. structure of. geology of. historical notice of. eruptions of. vegetation on the. of Teyde. Uriana.

Pearls: early use of, by the Americans. revenue arising from the sale of. modes of procuring.

Pearl coast: situation of the. fisheries of Cubagua. rapid diminution of. of Ceylon. of Margareta. of Panama. oyster, methods of taking the. destruction of.

Pedro: Keys. shoals.

Pennsylvania.

Pericantral.

Peru: summits of. nobility of. government of. extent of. population of. mountains of. frontiers of.

Petare.

Petrifactions.

Petroleum: origin of. springs. of Maniquarez.

Pheasant, American.

Phenomena: atmospheric. of earthquakes. electric. geognostic. geological. of hailstones. magnetic. meteorological. natural. physiological. of vegetable sleep.

Phenomenon: volcanic, series of. luminous. optical. physical.

Phonolite.

Phosphoresence of the sea.

Physiognomy: causes of tribal features. shades of.

Physiology: of man. of animals.

Piedra: rapids of the. de la Paciencia, a rock in the middle of the Orinoco. Raton. del Tigre.

Pigments: Indian. general use of.

Pimichin, forests of.

Pine-apples: of Baruto. wild.

Pino del Dornajito: spring of.

Pinos, island of.

Pirijao palm.

Piritu: islands of. palm trees of.

Piton: of Teneriffe of the Teyde.

Plain: of Charas. of Retama.

Plains: culture and population of. continuity of. of the Amazon. of Caracas. of Europe. of Rio de la Plata. of the Tuy, of Venezuela.

Plane-tree, antiquity of the.

Plants: phenomena of the sleep of. experiments on the air from. distribution of. migration of. malaria of. cordage from. milk of. arborescent. aromatic. cruciform. of the island of Teneriffe. of the islands of Valencia. medicinal. of North America. parasitic. resinous. of South America. succulent.

Plantains.

Plata: Rio de la. plains of the.

Poison: Curare, preparation of the. effects of, on the system.

Poisons, vegetable, peculiar to the New World.

Polygamy, Indian practice of.

Popa, convent de la.

Population, compared with territory. of Angostura. of Brazil. of Buenos Ayres. of Caracas. of Cariaco. of Chile. of the colonies. of Cuba. of Cumana. of Grenada. of Guatimala. of Guiana. of Mexico. native. of Peru. of Porto Rico. of Quito. of Spanish America. of the United States. of Upata. of Venezuela.

Porpoises: phosphoresence caused by. of the river Apure.

Portachuelo, promontory of.

Portages on the rivers.

Portland Rock.

Porto Cabello: saltworks of. departure from. geology of. Rico, extent of. population of.

Portuguese: settlements of. colonists.

Portus Magnus.

Potato, cultivation of the.

Pottery, early manufacture of.

Potteries, Indian.

Powders, intoxicating, used by the Indians.

Poya, or balls of earth, consumption of.

Prairies.

Priests of Tomo.

Printing-office, of Caracas.

Prognostications by the author of the great earthquake at Caracas.

Prussic acid, discovery of.

Puerto de Arriba.

Pumice-stones.

Punta: Zamuro. plantations of. Araya.

Punzera: plains of. wild silk of.

Python, the.

Pyramid of Guacharo.

Quaquas, warlike tribe of.

Quartz, veins of.

Quebrada, or ravines: de Aguas Calientes. del Oro. de Seca. de Tipe.

Quebranta.

Queries, geological.

Quetepe: plain and spring of. view of.

Quince-tree: fruit of the.

Quindiu: mountains of.

Quinsay.

Quipos, or knotted cords, use of.

Quirabuena, see Mandavaca.

Quito: province of. summits of. volcanic nature of the kingdom. earthquakes in. town of. state of society in. civilization of. sheep of. extent of. population of. political position.

Quittuna, cataract of.

Races: antiquity of. differences of. proportion of. jealousies of. disappearance of. Anglo Saxon. mixed. native, affinity of. native, white.

Rafts: Indian. natural, of the Orinoco.

Rain: scarcity of, in Araya. frequency of, at Caracas. periodical seasons of. electrical. equatorial. prognostics of. tropical. causes of.

Raleigh, Sir W.: voyages of. expeditions of.

Rambleta, plain of.

Ranges, volcanic.

Rapids: navigation and causes of. of Atures. of Piedra.

Raudal: of Cameji. of Canucari. of Cariven. of Garcita. of Javariveni. of Marimara. of Tobaje.

Raudals, elevation of, see Cataracts.

Raya, Indians.

Reactions, volcanic.

Redoute, M., work of, on Roses.

Reeds.

Region of perpetual snow.

Religion of the Indians.

Republics of Spanish America.

Resins.

Retama, plain of.

Rhododendrons, zone of.

Rialexo de Aboxo.

Rinconada, gold mines of.

Rincon del Diablo, see Devil's Nook.

Rivers: junctions of. advantages of. changes in the courses of. causes of the swelling of. source of the five great streams. of Cuba. of hot water.

The following rivers are referred to under their respective alphabetical entries: Rio Apure, Aguas Calientes, Amazon, Aquio, Areo, Aroa, Atabapo, Arauca, Beni, Cabullare, Calaburg, Chacaito, Congo, Carony, Esteven, Essequibo, Guiamo Guayre, Guaurapo, Jagua, Jupura, Juruario, Manzanares, Matacona, Mataveni, Negro, Neveri, Orinoco, Parima, Plata, Sinu, Sipapo, Sodomoni, Suapure, Tocuyo, Tomo.

Roca: de Afuera. del Infierno.

Rock-manikin.

Rocks: strata of. classification of. geological arrangement of. incrustations of. nature of. subterranean fires in. caverns of. varieties of. worship of. antediluvian. auriferous. of Cabo Blanco. which compose the island of Teneriffe. of the plains. painted (Tepu-mereme). phonolitic. pyrogenic. sculptured. volcanic.

Rum, manufacture of.

Sabrina: island of. origin and destruction of.

Sacrifices, human.

Sago-trees, see Mauritia palm.

Salive Indians.

Salt: geognostical phenomena of. substitutes for. lake of Penon Blanco. marshes, of Cerro de la Vela. works of Araya. revenue yielded to the government by. of Caracas. of Porto Cabello. of San Antonio de Javita.

Salvaje, or wild man of the woods.

San: Antonio, castle of. geology of. Carlos. Domingo. coffee plantations of. sugar plantations of. Fernando. Fernando de Apure. temperature of, trade of. de Atabapo. political importance of. plantations of. Francisco, Solano. Josef, island of. Juan river. Juan de los Remedios. Juanillo, ravine of. Luis de Cura, see Villa Cura. del Encaramada. Mateo. Pedro, valley of.

Sanchorquiz, spring of.

Sandstone: formations. varieties of. of the Llanos. of the Orinoco.

Sanscrit language.

Santa Barbara.

Santa Cruz: situation of. town of. Humboldt's departure from. Indian village of. de Cachipo.

Santa Fe de Bogota: gulf of.

Santiago: ruins of. present name of.

Santos, Don Antonio.

Sarsaparilla (Zarza): varieties of.

Savages: countries of. character of. state of, in the torrid and temperate zones. mental inaptitude of. difference of colour in. encampment of. festivals of. food of. origin of.

Savannahs: origin of. floods in. extent of. distribution of. of Atures. of Caripe. of Invernadero del Garzel. of Lagartero. of Louisiana. of Lower Orinoco.

Schonbrunn, conservatories of.

Scylax, travels of.

Sea: vegetation in the. phosphorescence of the. volcanic shocks in the. temperature of, see Ocean. Caribbean. weeds. distinct banks of. remarkable specimen of. shores.

Seasons: changes in the. of rain and storm.

Seeds, tide-borne.

Serpents: summer sleep of.

Serritos.

Sharks.

Shells, petrifactions of.

Ship-building, American.

Shirt-trees.

Shocks: electric. dangerous effects of. transmission of. theory of. of the gymnotus.

Shrubs: mountain. aromatic.

Siapa, see Idapa.

Sienega of Batabano.

Sierra: de Cochabamba. del Guacharo. Mariare. de Meapire, cacao plantations of. Nevada de Santa Maria. de la Parime. strata of the.

Silk of the palm-tree.

Silla of Caracas: ascent of the. peaks of the. summit of the. precipice of. descent from the. strata of.

Sipapo, river: forests of. mountains of.

Sinu, river.

Skeletons, Indian.

Slates: strata of. formations.

Slaves: elevation of, to farmers and landowners. manumission of. importation of. rights of. punishment of. Sabbath of. of the Canary Islands. of Cumana. of Venezuela. of Victoria. fugitive, capture of.

Slave dealers: routes of the. food. labour. price of.

Slave laws: English. Spanish.

Slave: market, at Cumana. trade. commercial establishments to facilitate the. causes which led to the abolition of. Benzoni, on the. Spanish.

Slavery, statistics of.

Snakes, antidote to the venom of.

Soap-berry.

Society: zones of. three ages of. effects of earthquakes upon.

Sodomoni river.

Soils, auriferous.

Solano: expeditions of. residence of.

Sombrero-palm.

Sounds: analogy of. propagation of. rapid transmission of. resemblance of. nocturnal propagation of. subterranean.

South Sea Islands.

Spain: journey through. possessions of, in America.

Spaniards: first settlement of. descendants of.

Speier, George von.

Springs: of Europe and America. temperature of. of warm water. origin of. of hot water. of bitumen. of Caracas. of Caripe. of Mariara. medicinal properties of. of mineral tar, see Petroleum. of Mount Imposible. of Quetepe. sulphureous.

Stabroek.

Stalactites.

Stars: constellations of. radiance of. falling. magnitude of.

States, American.

Stone: of the eye. butter.

Stones: Amazon. locality of. painted, locality of. worship of.

St. Juan de la Rambla, malmsey wine of.

St. Michael.

St. Thomas de la Guiana.

Strata: inclination of. maxima of. enumeration of. parallelism of. calcareous. primitive. of Sierra Parime. secondary. tertiary. transition.

Stylites, sect of.

Styptic, natural.

Suapure river.

Succession, laws of.

Sugar: manufacture of. prices of. preparations from. refining of. profits of. machinery for. from beet-root. of Cuba. of St. Domingo. of slave colonies. of Trinidad.

Sugar cane: plantations of. cultivation of the. first introduction of, to America. geographical distribution of the. Creole.

Sulphur, beds of.

Sun: effects of the, on plants. eclipse of the. Indian names for the. worship of the. temple of the.

Surinam.

Swallows, migration of.

Swine, wild, herds of.

Tacarigua: lake of. mountains of.

Tacoronte, valley of.

Tamanac: nation and language. historical tradition of the.

Tarragona.

Tayuchuc.

Teguisa.

Temanfaya, volcano of.

Temi river: navigation of the.

Teneriffe: peak of. camels of. island of. temperature of. botanical gardens of. geognosy of. fruits and plants of. aborigines of. feudal government of.

Termites, ravages of the.

Terra Firma: old and new routes to. situation of, in relation to the island of Cuba. insalubrity of. seven provinces of. seasons in. coast defences of.

Tetas: de Managua. de Tolu.

Teyde, peak of.

Theatre of Caracas.

Theocritus, translations from.

Theories: of earthquakes. of electricity. of migration.

Thermometer, use of, in navigation.

Thonschiefer, see Clay-slate.

Thunder, subterranean.

Tibitibies.

Tide-borne fruits.

Tierra del Fuego: straits of. islands of.

Tiger, ravine.

Tigers, see Jaguar. black.

Timber: luxuriance of. abundance of.

Titis.

Tivitivas, see Tibitibies.

Tobacco: origin of the word. cultivation of, in Cumana and Mexico. plantations of, in Valencia. in Guiania. in Cumanacoa. in the island of Cuba. statistics of.

Tobago: situation of.

Tocuyo river.

Tomatoes, cultivation of.

Tombs, Indian.

Tomo river.

Torito.

Torpedo, experiments on the.

Torrid zone, see Zone.

Toucan, natural history of the.

Tovar, Count, generous treatment of slaves by.

Tower of Hercules: lighthouse of the.

Trade winds: latitudes of the.

Traditions: Egyptian.

Tree-frogs.

Tree-inhabiting Indians.

Trees: antiquity of. alimentary properties of. the following American trees are referred to under their respective alphabetical entries: the Aloe, Aguatire, Almond, Balsam, Barba de Tigre, Bombax, Bonplandia trifoliata, Brazil Nut, Cuspa, Cortex Angosturae, Cecropia, Cotton-tree, Canela or Cinnamon, Curacay, Courbaril, Cacao, Coffee, Cow-tree, Carolinea princeps, Dragon's-blood, Erythrina, Fig-tree, Guarumo or Jarumo, Hay-tree, Mammea, Mauritia, Mangrove, Palms, Palo de Vaca, Parkinsonia aculeata, Shirt-tree, Volador, and Zamang-tree.

Tribes: various, of native Indians. migrations of. intelligence of. proportion of the different castes. aboriginal. hyperborean.

Trincheras, Las, hot springs of.

Trinidad: town of. commerce of. Humboldt's departure from.

Tropics: atmosphere of the. noon in the.

Tropical: climate, dangers of, to Europeans, from variable temperature. fever. fatal effects of. vegetation.

Turmero: Indians of. militia of.

Tuamini, isthmus of.

Tunales, or cactus groves.

Turimiquiri: mountain of. ascent of the. lofty peaks of.

Turmero.

Turner, Mr., on Sea Vegetation.

Turtle fisheries.

Turtles: different species of. instinct of. eggs of the. fisheries for. capture of. abundance of.

Tuy, valley of the.

Typhus fevers.

Uaupes, see Guauapes.

Ucucuamo, mountain of.

Uita.

Ulloa: observations on the native Indians by. statistics of the yellow fever, by. notices of monkeys, by.

Uniana, peak of.

United States: savages of the. newspapers of. district of the. population of. extent of the. slaves of the. slave trade of the. prairies of the.

Unona xylopioides.

Upper Orinoco: course of the. cataracts of the. mountains of. valley of.

Uraba, gulf of.

Urariapara, the.

Urbana, La Concepcion de.

Urijino, springs of.

Uritucu river: cacao of. crocodiles of.

Uruana: turtle fisheries of. mission of. inhabitants of.

Vachaco, island of.

Valencia: lake of. ancient extent of. retreat of the waters. supposed outlet of. temperature of. islands of. Neuva. promontory of. city of. history of.

Valleys: general description of the. of Caracas. of Cariaco. of Guanaguana. of La Pascua, or Cortes. configuration of. of Tacoronte. of Rio Tuy. gold mines of the.

Valparaiso.

Vampire-bats.

Vapours: phenomena of. explosions of. sulphureous.

Varinas.

Vases, or funeral urns.

Vegetable: glue. milk.

Vegetables, American.

Vegetation: various zones of. total absence of. remarkable power of. of North and South America compared. on the Higuerote. on the mountains of Andalusia. in the seas. tropical.

Venezuela: capital of. provinces of. coasts of. towns of. mines of. earthquake in. plains of. geology of. political state of. extent of. productions of. commerce of. political institutions of. mountains of. basin of. hot springs of.

Ventuari river.

Vera Cruz: port of.

Verbs, inflexions of.

Vespucci, charts of.

Vesuvius.

Vibora, La.

Vichada, or Visita river.

Victoria: corn of. town of.

Vieja Guayana.

Villa: de Cura. de Fernando de Apure. de Laguna. de Orotava. de Upata.

Villages: of Missions. native, of South America. migratory character of.

Vines: zone of. of Cuba.

Vipers.

Virginia.

Viruelas mountains.

Viudita, or Widow Monkey.

Volador, the: geographical distribution of the species.

Volcanic eruptions, see Eruptions.

Volcano: of Cayamba. of Cotopaxi. of Guadaloupe. of Jorullo. of Lancerote. of Pasto. of St. Vincent. of Teneriffe. of Tungurahua.

Volcanoes: effects of, on the earth. structure of. action of. isolated position of. submarine effects of. study of.

Voyages: of Columbus. of Sir Walter Raleigh.

Vuelta de Basilio. del Cochino Roto. del Joval.

Vultures.

Walls, Cyclopean.

Wars, religious.

Wasps, fatal effects of the sting.

Water: search for, in the plains. varied colours of. causes of the. scarcity of, after earthquakes. varieties of, in the streams of the Orinoco. theory of the diminution of. properperties of, as a conductor of electricity. temperature of. hogs, see Chiguires. melons. spouts. snakes.

Waters: medicinal. thermal.

Weapons, American.

Wells, affected by earthquakes.

West India Islands: commerce of the. old and new route to. prevalence of fevers in. volcanoes of. epidemics of. primitive population of. sugars of the. slaves of. basin of the.

West rock.

Western continent, first indications of the.

Wheat: cultivation of, in the Canary Islands. in Mexico. produce of. limits of the growth of. of the United States.

White Sea: native tribes.

Windward Channel.

Winds: insalubrious, of Caracas and Italy. of sand.

Wine: of the island of Cuba. Indian. from the palm-tree.

Wild: beasts of America. man of the woods.

Wood: varied colours of. petrifactions of. of fruits.

Women: native Indian. language peculiar to. exclusion of, from religious services. predilections of. condition of. inequality in the rights of. Caribbean. Javanese.

Words: identity of, in different languages. grammatical construction of. compounds of. analogy of.

Xalapa: climate of. vegetation of.

Xagua: bay of. fresh water springs in the. port of.

Xarayes, lake of.

Xeberos.

Xezemani.

Xurumu, the.

Yaracuy: valleys of. timber of.

Yaruro Indians.

Yauli.

Yellalas, or rapids.

Yellow-fever, statistics of the.

Ygenris: language of the. conquest of.

Yeguas, gulf of.

Yucatan, political position of.

Yusma mountains.

Zacatecas.

Zama river.

Zamang-tree.

Zambo Caribs. Indian, dangerous rencontre with.

Zamboes: hamlet of. republic of. characteristics of. banishment of the.

Zamuro vultures.

Zancudos.

Zapote. village of. road to.

Zarza, see Sarsaparilla.

Zealand, settlement of.

Zenu, gold of.

Zerepe, Indian.

Zipaquira, mines of.

Zodiac: Egyptian. signs used in the. Mexican.

Zone: of grasses and lichens. of heaths. of laurels. Temperate. vegetable physiognomy of. Torrid. temperature of. effects of, on the constitution. atmospherical purity of the. springs in the. organic richness of. scenery of. vegetable physiognomy of. rivers of the. insects of the. constellations of the. agriculture of.

Zones, distinct demarcation of, Terra Firma.

Zumpango.

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