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