TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
AND EDITED BY
THOMASINA ROSS.
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOLUME 2.
LONDON.
GEORGE BELL & SONS.
1907.
LONDON: PORTUGAL ST., LINCOLN'S INN.
CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL AND CO.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
BOMBAY: A.H. WHEELER AND CO.
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A tablon, equal to 1849 square toises, contains nearly an acre and
one-fifth: a legal acre has 1344 square toises, and 1.95 legal acre is
equal to one hectare.
A torta weighs three quarters of a pound, and three tortas cost
generally in the province of Caracas one silver rial, or one-eighth of
a piastre.
It is sufficient to mention, that the cubic foot contains 2,985,984
cubic lines.
Foot (old measure of France) about five feet three inches English
measure.
VOLUME 2.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER 2.16.
LAKE OF TACARIGUA. - HOT SPRINGS OF MARIARA. - TOWN OF NUEVA VALENCIA
DEL REY. - DESCENT TOWARDS THE COASTS OF PORTO CABELLO.
CHAPTER 2.17.
MOUNTAINS WHICH SEPARATE THE VALLEYS OF ARAGUA FROM THE LLANOS OF
CARACAS. - VILLA DE CURA. - PARAPARA. - LLANOS OR STEPPES. - CALABOZO.
CHAPTER 2.18.
SAN FERNANDO DE APURE. - INTERTWININGS AND BIFURCATIONS OF THE RIVERS
APURE AND ARAUCA. - NAVIGATION ON THE RIO APURE.
CHAPTER 2.19.
JUNCTION OF THE APURE AND THE ORINOCO. - MOUNTAINS OF
ENCARAMADA. - URUANA. - BARAGUAN. - CARICHANA. - MOUTH OF THE
META. - ISLAND OF PANUMANA.
CHAPTER 2.20.
THE MOUTH OF THE RIO ANAVENI.
