Petare.
Petrifactions.
Petroleum:
origin of.
springs.
of Maniquarez.
Pheasant, American.
Phenomena:
atmospheric.
of earthquakes.
electric.
geognostic.
geological.
of hailstones.
magnetic.
meteorological.
natural.
physiological.
of vegetable sleep.
Phenomenon:
volcanic, series of.
luminous.
optical.
physical.
Phonolite.
Phosphoresence of the sea.
Physiognomy:
causes of tribal features.
shades of.
Physiology:
of man.
of animals.
Piedra:
rapids of the.
de la Paciencia, a rock in the middle of the Orinoco.
Raton.
del Tigre.
Pigments:
Indian.
general use of.
Pimichin, forests of.
Pine-apples:
of Baruto.
wild.
Pino del Dornajito:
spring of.
Pinos, island of.
Pirijao palm.
Piritu:
islands of.
palm trees of.
Piton:
of Teneriffe
of the Teyde.
Plain:
of Charas.
of Retama.
Plains:
culture and population of.
continuity of.
of the Amazon.
of Caracas.
of Europe.
of Rio de la Plata.
of the Tuy, of Venezuela.
Plane-tree, antiquity of the.
Plants:
phenomena of the sleep of.
experiments on the air from.
distribution of.
migration of.
malaria of.
cordage from.
milk of.
arborescent.
aromatic.
cruciform.
of the island of Teneriffe.
of the islands of Valencia.
medicinal.
of North America.
parasitic.
resinous.
of South America.
succulent.
Plantains.
Plata:
Rio de la.
plains of the.
Poison:
Curare, preparation of the.
effects of, on the system.
Poisons, vegetable, peculiar to the New World.
Polygamy, Indian practice of.
Popa, convent de la.
Population, compared with territory.
of Angostura.
of Brazil.
of Buenos Ayres.
of Caracas.
of Cariaco.
of Chile.
of the colonies.
of Cuba.
of Cumana.
of Grenada.
of Guatimala.
of Guiana.
of Mexico.
native.
of Peru.
of Porto Rico.
of Quito.
of Spanish America.
of the United States.
of Upata.
of Venezuela.
Porpoises:
phosphoresence caused by.
of the river Apure.
Portachuelo, promontory of.
Portages on the rivers.
Portland Rock.
Porto Cabello:
saltworks of.
departure from.
geology of.
Rico, extent of.
population of.
Portuguese:
settlements of.
colonists.
Portus Magnus.
Potato, cultivation of the.
Pottery, early manufacture of.
Potteries, Indian.
Powders, intoxicating, used by the Indians.
Poya, or balls of earth, consumption of.
Prairies.
Priests of Tomo.
Printing-office, of Caracas.
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.
