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D---Observations on Mirage, and the variable depression of the horizon of the Sea 542 E---Meteorological observations made in the valley of Caraccas 554 Supplement 573
[volume 3] JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF THE NEW CONTINENT BOOK III CHAPTER VI Mountains of New Andalusia.—Valley of Cumanacoa.—Summit of the Cocollar.—Missions of the Chayma Indians. Our first visit to the peninsula of Araya was soon succeeded by a longer and more instructive excursion to the interior of the mountains of the missions of the Chayma Indians, where a variety of interesting objects claimed our attention. We entered on a country studded with forests; and visited a convent surrounded by palm trees and arborescent fern, situate in a narrow valley, where we felt the enjoyment of a cool and delicious climate, in the centre of the torrid zone. <strong>The</strong> surrounding mountains
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Page 9 and 10: 3 The trade in the copper-coloured
Page 11 and 12: 5 in a state little different from
Page 13 and 14: 7 regularly every day under the tro
Page 15 and 16: 9 the limits of the ancient coast;
Page 17 and 18: 11 assimilates the breccia to that
Page 19 and 20: 13 blackish clay-slate*, which migh
Page 21 and 22: 15 with the elements. When we take
Page 23 and 24: 17 physical and moral causes, the c
Page 25 and 26: 19 degrees. It is easy to account f
Page 27 and 28: 21 determine the longitude of the p
Page 29 and 30: 23 built by the side of a powder-ma
Page 31 and 32: 25 every year the frequency of eart
Page 33 and 34: 27 The cuspa, a common tree in the
Page 35 and 36: 29 the analogy of the names, the cu
Page 37 and 38: 31 between the properties of vegeta
Page 39 and 40: 33 at the same time attacked, yield
Page 41 and 42: 35 which are easily forded. We obse
Page 43 and 44: 37 lianas as creep on the ground, r
Page 45 and 46: 39 of lightness, which forms an agr
Page 47 and 48: 41 inhabitants, and the extreme nea
Page 49 and 50: 43 reveries, and the contemplative
Page 51 and 52: 45 to us, that the custom of marryi
Page 53 and 54: 47 child with his own milk. The mot
Page 55 and 56: 49 race of Chayma Indians: he is a
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51 the nipple in men has long puzzl
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53 diminish during a great part of
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55 stars. The thermometer kept from
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57 the urtica baccifera, and a new
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59 rows, three or four feet distant
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61 well as in the neighbouring dist
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63 anil*, which is cultivated joint
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65 heavy and coppery, and that of C
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67 the ravine of San Juanillo, two
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69 the forests. Farther to the West
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71 with respect to the greatest of
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73 farm, and brought back some dogs
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75 the species by the smell, and mo
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77 acids, though silex and alumine
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79 iron only could be obtained from
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81 unfortunately inaccessible to ma
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83 seen to shine with a splendid li
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85 rocks, at an enormous distance f
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87 us from the port of Cumana. We t
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89 landholder boasts of the water o
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91 mobility of the imagination of m
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93 birds and winds waft them contin
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95 so well known by the sailors who
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97 the dip of the needle 42.1°. Th
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99 and Guarapiche, both of which, r
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101 house, next in that of the chur
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103 plains, and examine the springs
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105 known by the name of the Cuchil
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107 trees, and covered with gramine
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109 in a great part of Europe, the
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[volume 3] CHAPTER VII. Convent of
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113 which at first sight seem suspe
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115 The convent is founded on a spo
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117 constantly foggy, the sun remai
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119 any congregation in particular.
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121 walking sometimes in the water,
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123 of inorganic nature, present st
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125 think belong exclusively to tho
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127 be compared to the croaking of
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129 with the carnage made every yea
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131 We followed, as we continued ou
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133 every where connected with the
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135 species of plants, the form, co
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137 would have been sufficient, to
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139 quartz*, of feldspar, or of fin
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141 we find all the characters of a
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143 there would remain to examine,
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145 into the deepest and most spaci
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147 What in the shelly or Neptunean
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149 the people. I also sought in va
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151 Excepting the megalonyx*, a kin
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153 is but very recently, that pain
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155 height, the mean temperature of
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157 [Volume 3] CHAPTER VIII. Depart
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159 the foggy atmosphere of a valle
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161 by the waters, the verdure, and
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163 rise here and there, the flower
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165 are some of them twenty inches
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167 of Caripe. These palms with pin
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169 The weather was cloudy, and led
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171 Carthagena to Santa Fe de Bogot
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173 eyes fixed on the ground. We en
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175 with abrupt slopes appear more
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177 the Island of Margaretta and th
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179 out at Caraccas in 1798, had be
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181 We walked as in a narrow furrow
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183 properties. We shall often have
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185 this rocky dyke, the isthmus it
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187 climate of Cariaco unhealthy. T
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189 copious perspiration, expose th
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191 miasmata, because they contain,
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193 of the cacao-trees, which do no
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195 in proportion as a country is l
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197 sugar-cane of Otaheite. The pop
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199 The alcatras, a large species o
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201 of the year is not below 30°*.
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203 appearance, those fine plantati
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205 property, which the leaves poss
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207 [Volume 3] CHAPTER IX. Physical
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209 conquest, the natives were coll
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211 the islands formed by the Delta
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213 in the time of the Bishop of Ch
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215 secular arm continually tends t
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217 who have described the progress
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219 are difficult to govern. In gen
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221 the subject of this chapter. I
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223 All their limbs are round and f
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225 of the earliest travellers; but
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227 and when only a small arm of a
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229 to impetuous and quick emotions
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231 to the age of ten or twelve, ha
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233 to the ideas that we annex to b
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235 he dined*. The custom of marryi
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237 have bestowed very little heard
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239 Indians of South-America appear
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241 the monks. They were made to af
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243 where they are preserved among
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245 are common to all the Germannic
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247 verb, an artificial industry to
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249 alone amidst five or six hundre
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251 less agreeable to my ear, than
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253 the seventeenth century, have p
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255 I shall prove this connection b
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257 CHAYMA. TAMANACK. Ata, a house.
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259 m all languages, is az or ats i
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261 as in Sanscrit; while God is ca
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263 pointed out, we do not think, t
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265 "It might de said*, that they a
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267 de los Indios*, is a proof of t
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269 and Biscayan languages, by a ce
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271 forget, that a people celebrate
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273 to designate the vegetables tha
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275 of semibarbarous nations, which
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277 This we will not positively aff
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279 before the flowers appear. Thus
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281 The Guaikeries inhabit the isla
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283 Quaquas. Perhaps these two trib
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285 in the Llanos*, in returning fr
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287 Mexico, before he entered the c
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289 the oral relations, which they
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291 of Behring's Straits, of the pe
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293 we meet with tribes among whom
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295 Colonies has hindered the progr
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297 and progressive debilitation, a
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299 NOTES TO THE THIRD BOOK. NOTE A
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301 NOTE B. Language of the Chaymas
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302 Tucuchi, hummingbird. you marri
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303 Amna zezin, or enzez, let us go
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304 Africa. These singular hypothes
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[306 is blank] [Volume 3] BOOK IV.
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309 the stroke by leaping toward th
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311 satisfied with simply stealing
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313 partial observations. The perfe
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315 struck with this effect of a fo
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317 A few minutes before the first
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319 or small atmospheric tides, was
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321 or three, and sometimes seven o
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323 dipping compasses; that, if the
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325 the same dip, within five cente
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327 in the intensity of the forces,
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329 employed, might be rendered nea
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331 the effect of the height of the
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333 Almost all the inhabitants of C
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335 here observe; that it is no les
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337 of the globe of 64° of latitud
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339 12th of November, between the h
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341 such laborious researches on fa
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343 can we conceive why the whole s
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345 near that extreme limit where t
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347 CHAPTER XI. Passage from Cumana
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349 traveller reposes himself in a
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351 Juan Gonzales was thoroughly ac
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353 drawn through these stars. It i
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355 of duration. I appeal to those,
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357 animals swam at equal distances
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359 spot, but a tribe of Indians ne
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361 in the Oroonoko, which so much
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363 and three thousand at Carupano,
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365 The view from the height of the
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367 At the instant we set sail, on
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369 the place of the flowers of our
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371 take. Remonstrances were useles
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373 it was attended by no sensible
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375 rises like lattice-work above t
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377 found. The gneiss did not act u
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379 current to the east precedes th
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381 having passed it, we discovered
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383 with what I have often observed
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385 only compared the temperatures
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387 Vera Cruz, 28·7°; at the Hava
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389 places on the Earth*; that the
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391 Firma, the real typhus of Ameri
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393 from eight to ten feet in depth
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395 the elevation of which a little
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397 it is not contagious in its nat
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399 frequent. The streets of La Gua
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401 did formerly, but that they do
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403 the table-land of Caraccas towa
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405 which is a granular mixture of
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407 After having described the scen
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409 direct distance of five or six
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411 Real fortifications crown the s
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413 in my time* along the road, the
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415 us in a thick fog, and put an e
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417 by an uncommon exception in tha
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419 is common in the primitive lime
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421 These dismemberments occur only
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423 provinces of Venezuela, has nea
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425 the third zone, the shore, and
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427 of those races has preserved, i
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429 the safety of their anchorage a
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431 hold their colonies, the agitat
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433 accomplished; and a European co
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435 of thirty. I love to record fac
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437 approximate number of white Cre
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439 selves; and examine, from motiv
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441 almost unknown. They would no d
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443 especially when the flour of Ne
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445 without the aid of physicians.
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447 two hundred and ninety-five toi
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449 and preferred remaining near th
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451 houses are spacious, and higher
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453 the alpine rosetree* of equinoc
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455 two winds, one that comes from
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457 high valley of Caraccas, and, g
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459 months of November, December, a
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461 quantity of heat developed in e
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463 are the differences of climate
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465 is so common, that it has almos
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467 am not convinced, that the Amer
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469 the seventeenth century, it is
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471 from the Silla, accumulates str
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473 Caraccas being situate on the c
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475 descendants of the Conquistador
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477 whose blood has not been contam
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479 advanced in civilization; but i
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481 guides. They were Blacks, and k
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483 of the sea, that is, nearly eig
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485 signs, that we should soon be c
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487 the crevice, that it would be e
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489 a whole wood. It was the palma
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491 striking resemblance of appeara
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493 of the seas, wherever places so
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495 Supposing even what is probable
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497 learned editors of the Flora of
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499 night between 10º and 12°. At
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501 resinous and fragrant plants of
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503 of the great number of persons
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505 toward the oriental summit. The
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507 Canigou; but it is distinguishe
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509 lower than the Peak of Teneriff
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511 mountains, that separates Yare
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513 Ocumare, behind which begins th
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515 forces; but we must remark, tha
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517 The temperature of the atmosphe
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519 point of saturation in the air
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521 rounded fragments of quartz*. I
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523 us successively, to sleep in th
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525 the lodes and indications of or
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527 Ferdinand, "gold is a thing so
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529 soon abandoned. Here, as in all
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531 to agriculture, should have tri
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533 part of the valley, which opens
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535 question, whether the province
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538 gunpowder fired. Considering th
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540 than in those which are natural
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542 combinations, that Sirius is as
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544 A 94° 31' B 95° 51' 45'' C 95
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546 of the horizon, at the moment o
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548 was 95° 119) is quite white. I
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550 On examining the angles of alti
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552 width, the difference will he i
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554 is so common under the tropics,
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556 which are accidental but often
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558 DECEMBER 1799. 2. 23 h 0 5 ½ 1
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560 DECEMBER. 1799. 9. 23 h ½ 3 ½
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562 DECEMBER. THERM. Whalebone 1799
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564 DECEMBER. 1799. 24. 23 h 1 3 ½
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566 DECEMBER. 1799. 31. 23 h 0 1 3
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568 JANUARY. 1800. 15. 22 h 1 3 ½
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570 DAYS. Mean Temperature of the d
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[573] SUPPLEMENT. The desire I had
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575 is feldspar, containing crystal
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