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Vegetable and Animal Productions-Wool,
Riches-Gold-Silver Mines-Mercury-Minerals, .
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417
418, 419
Mines-Commerce-Commerce with Buenos Ayres,
420, 421
Trade with the other Colonies-Commerce with Spain,
422, 423
Roads, Canals, and Public Buildings-Character of the Pe-
Negroes-Peruvian Languages,
Interior Peru-Natives, .
Dialects-Government-Marriages-Religion,
Mohanes and Wizards-Talismans, .
Immortality of the Soul-Metempsychosis,
Lamentations for the Dead-Cannibals,
Agriculture-Hatchets-War Diversions-Towns,
Missions Climate of Interior Peru-Roads-Productions, 446, 447
ib.
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BOOK LXXXIX.
THE DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA CONTINUED.
Chili, Paraguay, Terra Magellanica, or Patagonia.
Paraguay or Buenos Ayres-Aspect of the Country, .
456
Provinces on the Uraguay-Native Tribes-Towns,
Missions of the Jesuits,
Complaints against the Jesuits-Commerce of the Jesuits,
Expulsion of the Jesuits, .
Buenos Ayres-Character of the Husbandmen,.
Banditti-Productions of Buenos Ayres,
Unoccupied Regions-Different Tribes-Araucanians,
Warfare-Religion-Customs, .
Seasons-Games-Polygamy,
Trade-Tuyu--The Puelches-Pampas,
Comarca Deserta-Country of the Cesares,
Patagonia,
465, 466
467
468
469, 471
472, 473
474
475
476, 478
Encomiendas-Repartimientos--Present State of the Indians, 486
Administration-System of Administration,
487
Finance--Improvements,
488
Advantages of Free Trade-Defects in Galvez' Administration, 489
Mines Scarcity of Mercury,
490-492
Annual Produce of the Mines in Spanish America at the be-
Slavery--Liberty of the Press-Public Instruction,
499
Improvements-Governments,
500
Estimate of the Population of the Provinces of Buenos Ayres,
Cordova, Tucuman, Mendoza, and Salta, under the Names
of the Different Towns and Districts which send Represen-
tatives to Congress,
TABLE showing the Amount of the National Revenue in 1817,
the Expenditure and the Balance remaining in the Treasury
at the end of the same year,
Population of Columbia,
Statement of the Revenue of Venezuela and New Grenada,
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504
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506
Torrents-Climate-The Interior, .
Of the Northern Coast-Climate of Rio Janeiro,
Of the Island of St. Catharine-Diseases,
Minerals-Diamond District-Topazes,
Gold Mines,
Iron-Copper-Scarcity of Salt,
PLANTS-Variety of Palms,
Parasitical Plants-Superior Quality of the Wood-Great
size of the Trees,
Rapidity of their Growth-Plants used in Dyeing,
Alimentary Plants-Aromatic Plants, Spices, &c.
Animals Birds-Departments,
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515
516-518
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521
522, 523
524
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526
527, 528
Ecclesiastical Divisions-Court of Justice,
Captaincy of Rio Janeiro-Capital of Brazil,
Captaincy of Rio Grande,
Capital of the District-St. Catherine,
Parishes-Those on the opposite Coast-Plain of Corritiva
Town and District of Santos-Road to San Paulo,
Character of the Inhabitants-Origin of the Paulistas,
Town of Porto Seguro-Capitania of Minas Geraes-Agri-
Roads-Severity of the Laws against Smugglers-Inhabitants
of Tejuco-Province of Goyaz,
Government of Bahia-Productions-Chief Town of the Pro-
Government of Pernambuco-Capital-Parayba,
Paiuby-Government of Maranham-Government of Grand
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539
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Para,.
Mattagrosso,
NATIVES,
545
The Boticudos,
The Puris-The Tupis, .
546
The Topinambos-Tribes in the Interior-The Guaycoros,
Bravery of the Brazilians,
547
548
Language-Different Dialects,
549
Actual State of Brazil--Total Population-The Court,
Revenue-Mulattoes and Negroes--Marine and Military
Establishment,
Aromatic Plants-Medicinal Plants-Poisons-Forest Trees,
557
Parasitical Plants-Quadrupeds,
558
Ant Bears-Cancrophagus,
559
560
Bats-Reptiles-Birds-Fish-British Guiana--Essequibo,
Columbian Archipelago, or the Great and Less Antilles.
Divisions,
Caribean Sea-Current of the Gulf,
565
566
Transparency of the Water-Fresh Water Springs in the Sea, 567
Mountains and Rocks,
C.
568