Chapter XXVII: Section 3 (3)

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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