DIAZ DEL CASTILLO, Bernal, Spanish
historian, 94, 111, 155, 160
Diaz, President, of Mexico, 90, 122
Dominica, West Indian island, 41
EL MUERTE, the Pichu-Coatle viper,
174, 175
El Paso, Texas, 85
FAYAL, island of the Azores, 17
Fer-de-lance, a deadly snake, 41-4
Fogarty, Father, 37, 38
Fonte Bella, Marquis de, 25
Fort de France, civil capital of
Martinique, 63, 71, 72, 73, 77, 82
Frontera, port of Yucatan, 144, 146
Furnas, the town of, 17, 19; its
public baths, 23
Furnas, the valley of, 11; the vol-
canic eruption there, in 1522,
18-22
Glorietas, 89, 90, 91
Guadeloupe, West Indian island,
41; the reptiles of, 42-5; the in-
habitants of, 45-8
Guatemala, republic of Central
America, 137, 140; the vampires
of, 147; the ruined cities of, 148,
149; the kingdom of, under the
Spanish régime, 199
Guatemala City, 171
Guatemozin, last of the Monte-
zumas, his statue, 92, 156
HIDALGO, patriot priest, 98, 103
Honduras, the great forest of,
178-80
Honduras, Bay of, 153, 163
Horta, a seaport of Fayal, 17
Humboldt, Friedrich von, German
explorer, 106, 114
IZTACCHIHUATL, volcano of Mexico,
110
LA BREA, the Lake of Pitch, 55-8
Lagoa Foco, 21
Lagoa Grande, 20
Lagoa Secca, 20
Lalemant, Father, 191
Largo do Ioâo Franco, 29
La Soufrière, volcano, 33, 36, 41
Lemuria, imaginary submerged con-
tinent, 54
Leon, capital of Nicaragua, 197;
the old city of, 203, 205; sacked
and rebuilt, 206; again destroyed,
207; abandoned and a new city
built, 207; looted by Captain
Dampier, 208; becomes a revo-
lutionary storm-centre, 209; the
cathedral of, 219
Le Plongeon, French antiquarian,
105, 114, 139
Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 130, 131
Lesser Antilles, the, 34
Lomba da Cruz, 13
Lummis, Charles F. professor, 3, 4
Paria, Gulf of, 51, 53
Paseo de la Reforma, 90, 91
Pico, highest peak of the Azores, 5
Plymouth, capital of Montserrat,
33, 35, 38
Ponta Delgada, town on the island
of San Miguel, 11, 12, 15, 17,
25; the people of, 29
Popocatepetl, volcano, 110
Port of Spain, the capital of Trini-
dad, 51, 53
Porto Rico, 34
Prêcheur River, 75, 78
Puebla, capital of Mexico, 109, 110
Pulque, the Mexican national drink,
85, 86
Punta de la Brea, 58
RAMALTRA, town on the island of
San Miguel, 15
Realejo River, 197, 201, 202
Riata, a horsehair rope, 172, 173
Romita Plaza, Mexico City, where
the bull fights are held, 117
Royal Quetzal, bird, 140, 150, 151
ST. LUCIA, West Indian island, 42,
64
St. Pierre, town of Martinique, 61,
62; before its destruction, 63; the
remains of, 64; the socialistic
demonstration which preceded
its destruction, 65, 66; the des-
truction of, 68, 69; the ruins of,
74-7; the number who perished,
78
Saintes, the, West Indian islands, 41
Salta, 145, 146
San Fernando, town of Trinidad, 51,
53, 54
San Miguel, island of the Azores,
11, 15, 25
Santa Maria, island of the Azores,
7, 16
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