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.