Adobe dwellings, page46.Agassiz, Mount,250.Prof., on the geology of the Amazonian valley,280,282,347.Agriculture on the Amazon,243.Andes,75.Aground on the Amazon,239.Aguano,201.Aguardiente,175.Alcalde's house,202.Alligators,35,296.Almeyrim Hills,252.Aloe, American,100.Alpargates,70.Altar, volcano of,150.Amazon River, annual rise,274.birds on,306.cetaceans,299.climate,273,284.commerce,277.current,273.delta,272.depth,274.etymology,278.expeditions,277.first view of,226.fishes,295.foreign vessels on,276.insects,300.life within,295.magnitude,264,272,278.natural canals,265.navigation,276.reptiles,296.scenery,236.source,264.tints,272.tributaries,266,271.volume,273.Valley,280.creation of,117.forest,287.fruits,289.geology,281,347.minerals,286.slope,280.soil,286.trees,289.zoology,284.Amazonian Indians,316.Ambato,52,153.America, the continent of vegetation,103.America, South, geology of,114.Amphisbœna,194.Amusements in Quito,80.Anacondas,222.Andean chain,119.Andes, as a geological boundary,207.birds on the,105,146.equipped for the,37.first sight of the,33.heart of the,48.last view of the,214.of Ecuador,121.reptiles on the,107.rise of the,115.sinking of the,138.summit of the,49,134.valleys of the,130.views from the,45,134,141.Anguteros Indians,222.Animal life, dearth of,188.Animals on the Napo,207.Antisana, volcano of,144,180.hacienda,144.Ants, battle with,225.on the Amazon,300.on the Napo,194.Apothecaries in Quito,93.Archidona,191.Architecture in Quito,78.Arenal,49.Armadillo,310.Army of Ecuador,87.Arrieros,36.Arrows, Indian,321.Arts in Quito,78.Ascending the Andes,43,96,144.Astronomy on the Andes,97.Atahuallpa,56.Atmosphere of Quito,97.Baeza,187.Balsas,32.Bamboos on the Napo,220.Banana,34.Baños,149.Barometric measurements,337.anomaly,241,226.variations at Quito,92.Barra,243.Bartholomew, St.,54.Bats,205,312.Bears,105.Bed, Andean,181.Bees on the Amazon,303.of Quito,108.on the Napo,207.Beetles on the Amazon,303.on the Napo,206.Bells of Quito,89."Big-ear" Indians,222.Birds on the Amazon,306.coloration of, in the tropics,105.moulting of,285.of South America,105.Blow-guns,170.Boa-constrictor,223.Bodegas,35.Botany of South America,286.Brazilian etiquette,235,246.frontier,233.steamers,234.Brazilians,323.Brazil-nut trees,290.Bread-tree,34.Breves,254.Buildings, Andean,46.Bull-baits,80.Burial Customs,91,321.at Quito,91.Butter,251.Butterflies on the Amazon,302.on the Napo,206.Buzzards,29.Caballococha,232.Cacao,30,290.Cajabamba,153.Calabash-tree,289.Camino Real,45.Camellones,43.Camindo on the Napo,226.Cámpas Indians,322.Canélos,172.Canoe-life on the Napo,213.Canoe-paths,265.Canoes on the Napo,200.Capybara,310.Caraguairazo,132.Carnival,81.Carranqui,157.Cassiquiari Canal,267.Cathedral of Guayaquil,26.of Quito,66.Cattle on the Andes,145.Caucho-tree,288.Cayambi,143.Cedar on the Amazon,289.Cemetery, Protestant,91.Century-plant,100.Cerro,33.Cetaceans in the Amazon,299.Chicha,167,210.Chillo hacienda,155.Chimbo, Valley of,46.Chimborazo,33,44,49,127.Chimneys, absence of,44.Chirimoya,101.Chuquipoyo,51.Chuquiragua,100.Cigána,206,308.Cinchona,47.Cinnamon, American,172.Circumcision,322.Civility, Ecuadorian,35,71.Civilization on the Amazon,236.Clay-eating,229.formation of the Amazon,225.Climate of Guayaquil,28.of Quito,91.of the Amazon,238,251.Coary, River,242,269.Coca-chewing,291,348.Coca village,207.Cochineal,108.Cock-fighting,35,80.Cocoa-palm,35.Coffee,31,259,290.Colleges of Ecuador,79.Combativeness on the Andes,95.Commerce on the Amazon,342.Compressed heads,171.Compulsory commerce,195.Condor,106,131.Cones of volcanoes,122.Conibos Indians,321.Cookery in Quito,44,84.Copal-gum,193.Cordillera,33,126.Cosanga River,189.Costumes of Amazonian Indians,239,241.Cotocachí, village,154.volcano,142.Cotopaxi,55,146.eruptions of,125.Cotton-mills,77,155.Cow-tree,288.Craft on the Napo,209.Craters, deep,133.Crocodiles,296.Cudajá,242.Cuenca,152.Cunchebamba,53.Curaray River,224.Curassow,308.Curi-urcu,191.Currency of Pará,260.Quito,75.Cuzco ladies,82.Dangers in South America,331.Darwin on the geology of the Pampas,282.Darwin on the geology of the Amazon,347.Debt of Ecuador,87.Deer on the Napo,226.fossil,154.Descent into Pichincha,139.Discipline on the Napo,204.Diseases on the Andes,93,331.Dogs on the Andes,95.Dolphins,299.Dragon-flies,302.Dress in Quito,69.Drunkenness at Quito,146.Earthquake at Ibarra,157.at Riobamba,153.effect of, on climate,91.experience of,163.theories of,161.Eastern Cordillera,179.Eciton ants,301.Ecuador, army,87.Congress,86.debt,87.extent,85.flora and fauna,103.government,86.population,85.religion,89.repudiation,86.revenue,87.revolutions,86.supreme court,87.volcanoes,122,148.Ecuadorian cooking,44,84.Education on the Andes,79.Edwards, George,195.Ega,239.Eggs of the alligator,297.of the turtle,297.El Dorado,183.Elephant at high altitudes,155.Equator, mean temperature,262.Expenses of travel,327.Farina,235,291.Ferns, tree,38.Fever remedies,331.Fire-flies,25.Fish in the Napo,226.in Quito Valley,107,347.in the tropics,329.Fishes ejected from volcanoes107,132,143.of the Amazon,295.Fishing with barbasco,169.Flamingoes,308.Flowers on the Amazon,292,347.on the Andes,50,102,136.Fonte Boa,239.Forest on the Napo,216,219.trail,182,186.tropical,36,38,287.Fossil bones on the Andes,154.Fossils in the Amazon Valley,282,347.Frogs in Quito Valley,107.of the Amazon,304.Fruits of Quito,101.on the Amazon,289.Galápagos Islands,105,124.Gentians,103.Geology of South America,114.of the Amazon Valley,225,347.Glacial theory of Agassiz,282,347.Glaciers, absence of,131.Glimpse of the Andes,33.Goître,94.Gold on the Napo,196.Grapes on the Amazon,234.Grebe on the Andes,146.Guacamayo Mountain,190.Guamani,144,179.Guápulo,178.Guarani race,316.Guarana,290.Guaranda,46.Guayaquil, city and people,25.climate,28.commerce,29.history,28.market,30.Guayas River, scenes on,32.Guayusa tea,193.Gurupá,253.Gypsy-birds,223.Hammocks,202.Hats of Guayaquil,31.Hatuntaqui, battle of,56,154.Hauxwell, Mr.,227,229.Health in the tropics,331.on the Andes,93.Heart of the Andes,48.High altitudes, experience at,96,142.Himalayas, vegetation on,50,100.Horns, blowing of,209.Horses, extinct species of,154.for the Andes,36.Hospitality, Ecuadorian,35,71.Hotels, Andean,40,53.in Guayaquil,328.in Quito,329.Howling monkeys,223,313.Huallaga River,266.Humboldt,136,156,348.Hummers in Quito,107,347.on the Amazon,307.Hybrids,43.Hypsometric zones,50.Ibarra,157.Ibis,308.Ida Pfeiffer,53.Iguana,304.Imbabura,143,154.Immorality of priests,89.Incarial relics,109,112,124.Incas in Quito,56.Indian character,153,203,243.dwellings,78.peons,36,183.savages,221.villages,237.Indians, Amazonian,315.Andean,69,109,111.as travelers,186.India-rubber-tree,288.In memoriam,334.Insect pests,224.Insects, Amazon,206,300.in Quito,108.Iquitos,231.Itulcachi,178.Jacamars,308.Jaçanas,308.Jacapas,308.