  ABBamboo, many uses of, 339 Bananas, varieties and uses of, 179; Barranquilla, importance of, 377, 378 BarrigÓn, description of, 195 et seq. Beauvois, E., on traditions regarding Fountain of Youth and River Jordan, 15 et seq. Belalcazar, Sebastian de, meets Quesada and Federmann on plain of BogotÁ, 294–298, 332 Bell-bird, Waterton and Sydney Smith on, 183 Birds, migratory, in the tropics, 249–252 Boats on the Orinoco, 87, 88; BogotÁ, foundation of, 285; Bolivar, Simon, liberator of South America, 303 et seq.; Brendan, St., in the New World, 13; Buccaneers, origin of, 390–392; CCabuyaro, village on the Meta, 186 Calabash tree, utility of, 179 Callao, Venezuela, mines of, 90, 91 Canoes used by the Indians, 174, 175 Caqueza, experience in, 254; Caracas, 41, 42; Carib Indians, 95, 98; Carib fish, remarkable teeth of, 181 Cariben, Raudal de, scenery about, 144 Cartagena, location and past history of, 380–385 Cassiquiare river, first explorer of, 142, 143 Castellanos, Juan de, on the Fountain of Youth, 11, 12; Castle, Morro, in Havana, 20; Cayman, numbers of, 366–369 Chibchas. See Muiscas Chicha, how made and general use of, 333–335 Chinchona trees in Colombia, 231, 232 Churches, large and beautiful, in South America, 260 Ciudad Bolivar, 102; Colombians of the eastern Cordilleras, characteristics of, 240–244; Columbus, Christopher, regards Cuba as Cathay and EspaÑola as Japan, 21; Cordillera, eastern, temperature on summit of, 275; Costa Rica, origin of name, 402; Couvade, the, among the Indians of South America, 152 et seq. Crocodile. See Cayman Cross section of oriental Andes, 326 Crosses, before houses along the Meta, 185, 186 Cuba, regarded as Cathay by Columbus, 21 CuraÇao, island of, 38 Curare poison, composition and manufacture of, 169 Currency, Colombian, depreciation of, 314–316 DEFFedermann, Nicholas, expedition of, 238, 239; Fireflies, brilliancy of, 179, 190 Florida, as described by early explorers, 5, 6; Flowers, beauty and abundance of, in the tropics, 180 Flute bird, musical notes of, 184 Fountain of Youth and Juan Ponce de Leon, 9 et seq.; GHHaiti, 29 et seq. Hammock, general use of, in the tropics, 177 Havana, 20 et seq. Hohermuth, George—Jorge de Spira—expedition of, 237, 238 Home-builders, in the eastern Cordilleras of Colombia, 244–246 Honda, description of, 346–348 Hospitality of the people in the equatorial regions, 187, 188, 220 Humming-birds, 338 HÜtten, Philip von, wanderings of, 238 ILLabat, PÈre, on introduction and use of tobacco, 25; Las Casas, Bishop, on cruelty to Indians, 28, 29; Leon, Juan Ponce de, 9 et seq.; Lights, mysterious, on the Andes, 191 et seq. Llanos of Colombia, 202 et seq.; Llanos of Venezuela, 126–129; Loneliness in the mountains, 263 MMagdalena river, description of, 350, 351; Main, Spanish, meaning of, 39 Mandeville, Sir John, on Fountain of Youth, 14 Margarita, island of, and its pearl fisheries, 49–53 Martyr, Peter, father of American history, 7; Meta river, size of, 146; Milk tree, 157 Missions, Indian, 86 Monkey bridges, stories about, 151 MontaÑa, traveling in, 201, 221 Muiscas, 319 et seq.; OOcoa river, difficulty in crossing, 222–225 Orchids, beauty and number of species of, in the tropics, 161–163, 359 Ordaz, Diego de, an officer under Cortez, explores the Orinoco, 140–142 Orinoco, delta of, described by Sir Walter Raleigh, 70, 71; Orinoco river, first view of, 72; OrocuÉ, capital of a prefecture, described, 166 PPalms, number of species and uses of, 78, 79, 203, 204, 371–374 Paradise, Terrestrial, 68, 69, 400, 401 Paramo, defined, 272; flora of, 273; Paria, gulf of, 64 et seq. Pearl Coast, 46 et seq. Pitch Lake, 62 Platanos, as food in the tropics, 179, 198 Poncho, description and use of, 213, 214 Porpoises, fresh water, 182 Port-of-Spain, botanical garden of, 58–60 Puerto Cabello, 45 Puerto Limon, importance of, 404, 405 Puerto Rico, 38 QRRailways, Colombian, 316, 317, 357, 358 Raleigh, Sir Walter, on the delta of the Orinoco, 71; Rivero, Padre, work of, among the Indians along the Meta, 148 et seq.; Rubber plantations in Colombia, 231 SSabana de BogotÁ, 290, 317–319 Saddle used in Cordilleras, 325 Santiago de Cuba, 28 Sargento, El, magnificent view from summit of, 340–343 Scenery along trail over the eastern Cordilleras, 247–249 Serpent’s Mouth, strait of, described by Columbus, 65 Silla, La, mountain of, 39 Slavery, negro, first introduction of, into America, 31–34 Soto, Hernando de, in Florida, 12 TTelegraph, in the tropics, 261 Tequendama, Falls of, 290, 293, 294 Tierra fria, tierra templada, tierra caliente, characteristics of, 270–274 Tobacco, discovery of, 24; Trapiche, described, 332 Treasures found by the conquistadores, 363 Trees, remarkable, in the tropics, 156, 157 Trinidad, island of, 54 et seq.; Turtles, immense numbers of, on the sand banks of the Orinoco, 132 VWYYuca, as source of food, 180 AN AMERICAN ADMIRAL. 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