Amazon basin, communication with Orinoco, 232-234 Amazonas territory, 223-234; population, 273; bibliography, 310, 311 Amazons, villages and communities of, 123, 124 Améha, Mt., 220, 221 AMPIES, JUAN DE, 71, 72 Andes of Venezuela, 31, 32, 157-170; principal heights, 282; bibliography, 306, 307 ANDRÉ, E., 49, 220, 221 Angostura. _See_ Ciudad Bolivar ANZOÁTEGUI, General, 89 Anzoátegui, State of, 199-202, 208; population of, &c., 269 Apure, State of, 199, 258; population of, &c., 269 Aragua de Barcelona, 202; population and climate, 282 Aragua de Maturín, 188 Aragua, State of, 143-145; population of, &c., 269 Arawak Indians, 125, 133 Araya, Castle of, 69, 70, 185; Salina of, 244 Area of the Republic, 25 Arecuna Indians, 122 Areo, 207, 208 ARIAS, DOMINGO, 186 Arichi, Mt., 220 ARISMENDI, JUAN BAUTISTA, 87, 90 Army, 117, 118 Aroa, 173, 174; copper-mines of, 246 Arrowroot. _See_ Manioc Asphalt, 45, 46, 150, 188, 190, 191, 202, 203, 245 Asunción, 182; foundation of, 70; population and climate, 281 Atabapo, River, 224 Atures Rapids, 225, 226 Atures (town), 227 AYARES, PEDRO, 216 B Bailadores, 167; copper near, 245 Balatá, 49, 212, 215, 218, 250 Baniba Indians, 125, 130-133, 230 Banking, 113, 239, 240 BARALT, R., 97, 152 Barbacoas, 209 Barcelona, 199-202; salt of, 244; railway to Guanta, 255; population and climate, 281 Baria Indians, 125 Barinas, 210; population and climate, 282 BARING BROTHERS, 242 Barquisimeto, 172, 247; population and climate, 281 Barrancas, 192 BASTIDAS, DON RODRIGO DE, 73 BATES, H. W., 53 _Bejucal_, 48 BERMUDEZ, GEN. JUAN, 87 “Bermudez” Asphalt Lake, 188, 203, 245 BERRIO Y ORUÑA, DON ANTONIO DE, 78 Betijoque, 169 Bibliography, 287-314 Bifurcation of the Casiquiare (Orinoco and Amazon), 230, 232, 233 Birds, 55-58 Birth-customs, Indian, 128 Bishop of Coro, first, 73 BLANCO, GUZMAN, 100, 101 BOBADILLA, DON FRANCISCO DE, 231 Bobures, 165 Boconó, 169; population and climate, 281 BOLIVAR, SIMON: early life and character of, 87; dispatched to England, 82; work as liberator, 87-95; death, 95; publicly honoured, 97, 98 Bolivar Railway, 145, 158, 172-174, 255 Bolivar, State of, 211-222; population of, &c., 270; Bibliography, 308-310 Botany, 47-52; Bibliography, 294-297 BRASCHI, SÑR. ANTONIO, 169 Brazil, frontier with, 106 Brazil nuts, 49, 228 British Guiana, frontier with, 107, 108; dispute over, 102, 103 British legion, 91, 93, 94 British trade with Venezuela, 266, 267. _See_ Trade Budget, 283, 284 Burial-customs, Indian, 121, 128 BURKE, WILLIAM, 85 C Cable Company, 254 Cadupinapo Indians, 122 Caicara, 221 Calabozo, 209; population and climate, 282 Callao goldfields, 213-217, 246