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INDEX

Adansonia digitata (monkey-bread tree), one of the largest and oldest trees of the globe, ii. 89.

Allco, the native Peruvian dog, i. 108.

Alöe, ii. 27, 180.

Altai, one of the four parallel mountain chains in Central Asia, i. 86.

American races, connection between the inhabitants of Western America and Eastern Asia probable, but its nature and period uncertain, i. 176.

Andes, etymological considerations connected with the word Andes or Antis, ii. 303.

Animal life, its universal diffusion, ii. 1.

Asia, Central, general review of its mountain systems, i. 85.

Atlas.—The position of the ancient Atlas discussed, i. 144.

Atahuallpa, site of his ancient palace, ii. 289;
  his prison, 290;
  death, 291;
  descendants, 292;
  notice of the comet which appeared in the year on which the Inca was put to death, 313,


Banks, slightly elevated portions of the Llanos, called "Banks" by the natives, i. 2, 33.

Boa, swims in the South American rivers, and carries its head above water like a dog, i. 190.

Bogota, the seat of an ancient civilisation of the Muyscas or Chibchas, ii. 309.


Cactus, ii. 24, 147.

Camel, i. 68;
  Ritter's memoir on the diffusion of the camel, present existence in a wild state, i. 70;
  fossil in the Sewalik hills, i. 71.

Casas grandes, ruins of an Aztec palace, i. 168.