INDEX
- Abattoirs, 165
- "ABC" Powers, 288
- Acré, 96, 106
- Aeroplanes, 267
- Alcohol, 208, see Rum
- Alligators and crocodiles, 34, 40, 48, 87, 162, 213
- Aluminium, 54
- Amazon, 26, 51, 74-110, 208
- "Amazons" 82
- Amenities, civic, 257
- Americans, 237, 273, 275, 284
- Amerigo Vespucci, 30, 113
- Andes, 20, 34, 74
- Architecture, Colonial, 259, 261
- Argentina, 158, 202, 235, 276
- Artigas, 168, 199
- Asuncion, 160, 162, 211, 216
- Aviation, 267
- Ayacucho, 174
- Balata, 64
- Bananas, 19, see Fruits
- Baranquilla, 14
- Barbosa Ruy, 289
- Beagle, 233
- Belem, 105
- Bello Horizonte, 122
- Beni, 95
- Beresford, General, 202
- Birds, 35, 44-8, 71, 87, 162
- Blow-pipe, 71
- Bogota, 14
- Bolivar, 13, 29
- Bolshevism, 274
- Borburema, 117
- Brazil, 106, 111-57, 276
- Brazil nuts, 85
- British, 17, 19, 33, 54, 156, 237, 273
- British Guiana, 56
- British Legion, 17, 285
- Buenos Ayres, 161, 165, 202, 209
- Butterflies, 49
- Cabot, 160
- Cali, 22
- California, 208, 280
- Campo, the, 178, 185
- Canoes, 36, 59, 93
- Caracas, 27
- Caribbean, 11-50
- Cartagena, 11
- Carthage, 12
- Casiquiare, 26, 36, 51
- Castro, President, 40, 52
- Cattle, 24, 37, 107, 155, 195, 205, 220
- Cauca Valley, 20, 22
- Cayenne, 57, 60
- Ceará, 105
- Chaco, the, 162, 207, 213, 216
- Chaves, airman, 268
- Chibchas, 18
- Chicago, 165
- Chile, 133, 274
- Chimborazo, 76
- Chinese, 65, 68, 280
- Chocolate, see Cocoa
- Church, the, 108
- Church architecture, 261
- Churrigueresque style, 263
- Cinnabar, 19
- Cinnamon trees, 77
- Ciudad Bolivar, 34
- Cleveland, President, 52
- Climate, 21, 99
- Coal, 19, 156, 283
- Cocoa, 19, 29, 98, 107
- Coconuts, 19
- Coffee, 19, 23, 29, 137, 139
- Colombia, 11-25
- Colonists, 140
- Columbus, 34, 53
- Commercial traveller, 237
- Constitutions, 255
- Coolies, see East Indians
- Copper, 19
- Cordillera, see Andes
- Corrientes, 213
- Cortes, 264
- Cotopaxi, 76
- Cotton, 19, 29, 219
- Country life, 128
- Courtesy in business, 238
- Couvade, 43
- Cow tree, 85
- Creoles, 62
- Dairying, 24
- Darien, Gulf of, 11
- Darwin, 233
- Demerara, 58
- Doctorate, abolition of, 133
- Drake, 11
- Dutch, 56
- Dyewoods, 114
- East Indians, 65
- Ecuador, 26
- Education, 256
- El Dorado, 27, 54, 75
- Elizabeth, Queen, 54
- Emeralds, 18
- Entre Rios, 210
- Essequibo, 58
- Estancias, 206
- "Factory Age," 283
- Falkland Isles, 235
- Farming, 24
- Fauna, 44
- Fazendas, 128, 140
- Fevers, see Malaria
- Fishes, 49
- Flora, 37, 84, 97, 187, 212
- Forests, 37, 56, 77, 115-27, 234
- Fray Bentos, 194
- French, 56, 61, 238, 276, 286
- Fritz, Padre, 108
- Fruits, 24, 219
- Future, the, 285
- Gauchos, 154, 189
- Germans, 19, 33, 132, 237
- Gold, 19, 53, 64, 68, 107, 156, 269
- Gomez, 200
- Government, 255, 277
- Guaranís, 160, 221
- Guiana, 50-73
- Hammocks, 41
- Hemp, 219
- Heredia, 12
- Hides, 29
- Holy Alliance, 277
- Honda, 15
- Horses, 37, 204
- Houses, Spanish American, 25, 260
- Humaita, 216
- Humboldt, 39
- Immigration, 131, 140-52, 206, 270
- Incas, 74, 88
- Indians, 25, 29, 36, 41, 70, 76, 89, 109, 190
- Inquisition, 12
- Investments, British, 251, 271
- Iquitos, 107
- Iron, 19, 156
- Irrigation, 208
- Italians, 33, 131, 149, 238, 270
- Iturbide Hotel, 265
- Ivory nuts, 19
- Jaguar, 72, 87
- Japanese, 238, 280
- Jesuits, 221, 108
- Juyjuy, 209
- Labour, 30, 53, 60, 208, 274
- La Guayra, 27
- La Plata, 167
- Las Casas, 108
- Lasso, 155, 170
- Law, William, 220
- Lead, 19
- Lemco, 191
- Lepidoptera, 49, 71
- Llanos, 25, 37
- Loans, default of, 33
- Locusts, 204, 207
- Lopez, 218
- Madeira-Mamoré, 91
- Madre de Dios River, 95
- Magdalena River, 14, 20
- Maize, 206
- Malaria, 12, 29, 60, 83, 100
- Malaysia, 103
- Mamelucos, 232
- Manaos, 91, 104
- Manati, 86
- Mangroves, 56
- Manioc, 42, 135
- Maracaibo, 29
- Meal packing, 191, 220
- Medellin, 15
- Mediterranean, 12
- Mendoza, 161, 208
- Mesa de Herveo, 18
- Mexican public buildings, 263
- Mexico, 262, 276
- Mining, 19, 156, 269, 271
- Missions, Jesuit, 201, 221
- Mississippi, 207
- Monazite, 156
- Monkeys, 37, 44, 71, 86
- Monoculture, 134
- Monroe Doctrine, 277, 281
- Montaña, 77
- Montevideo, 164, 166, 177, 180
- Mosquitoes, 49, 83, 98, 213
- Motor-cars, 249
- Muzo mines, 18
- Napo, 78
- Native arts, 242
- Navigation, river, 14, 35, 37, 57, 59, 64, 90, 92-6, 191, 211
- Negroes, 61, 152
- Negro River, 26
- New Amsterdam, 56
- "New Australia," 220
- New Granada, 11
- New York, 56
- Oranges, 219
- Orchids, 19
- Orellana, 80
- Orinoco, 25, 33-57
- Pacific Ocean, 281
- Painting of houses, 266
- Palabra de Ingles, 247, 275
- Pampas, 158, 203
- Panama, 283
- Panama hats, 243
- Pan-Americanism, 283, 291, 293
- Pan-American Railway, 280
- Para, 91, 106
- Paraguay, 159, 167, 211
- Paramos, 19
- Paraná, 160, 209
- Pasto, 22
- Patagonia, 203, 233
- Paysandu, 164, 191, 197
- Peccaries, 87
- Peru, 26, 208
- Petroleum, 19, 30, 234
- Pilcomayo, 168
- Pilgrim Fathers, 56
- Pinzon, 113
- Pizarro, 75
- Plate, River, 158
- Platinum, 19
- Poles, 152
- Popayan, 22
- Pope, decrees of, 109
- Population, 113, 270
- Portuguese, 69
- Protective tariffs, 135
- Putumayo, 26, 89, 103
- Quebracho, 209, 216
- Quesada, 18
- Quicksilver, see Cinnabar
- Quindio, 21
- Quinine, 19
- Quito, 22
- Rafts, 93
- Railways, 15, 27, 267, 276
- Rainfall, 95
- Raleigh, 27, 53, 54
- Religion, 256, see Church
- Riberalta, 95
- Rice, 19
- Rio de Janeiro, 111
- Rivers, see Navigation
- Roads, 267
- Rosario, 162, 207, 209, 211
- Rubber, 27, 75, 86, 89, 92-110
- Rum, native, 137
- Sabana of Bogota, 24
- St. John del Rey, 156
- Salta, 164, 208
- Salto, 191
- San Paolo, 130-49, 225
- Santa Fé, 210
- Santa Marta, 19
- Santos-Dumont, 268
- "Science of Life," 290
- Serra, 117
- Settlers, opportunities for, 271
- Shiris, 75
- Silver, 19, 158
- Slavery, 128
- Snakes, 48, 87
- Socialism, 220, 274, 278
- Solis, 159
- Spaniards, 238, 247
- Sugar, 19, 23, 29, 53, 120, 139, 208, 216, 219
- Supreme Deity, 90
- Surinam, 56, 60
- Tagua, 19
- Tapir, 216
- Texiera, 82
- Textiles, 240, 242
- Tierra del Fuego, 223
- Timber, 19, see Forests
- Tobacco, 19, 53, 216, 219
- Tortoises, 38
- Town-planning, 256
- Trade, 236
- Transandine railway, 209
- Travel, conditions of, 14, 20, 35, 37, 209, 301
- Treinta y Tres, 173
- Trinidad, 50
- Tucuman, 208
- Ucayali, 89
- United States, 72, 275
- Urubamba, 89
- Uruguay, 164, 167, 191, 277
- Venezuela, 27
- Vernon, Admiral, 12
- Vineyards, 141, 208
- War, the Great, 283
- Wheat, 206
- Wilson, President, 284
- Wine, 208
- "Wireless telegraphy," native, 89
- Women, status of, 43, 65, 129, 143, 154, 171, 238, 180, 217
- Yapura, 26
- Yerba maté, 150, 219
- Zea, 131