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.
