PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF AMERICADURING THE YEARS 1799-1804
BY
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND AIME BONPLAND.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
AND EDITED BY
THOMASINA ROSS.
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOLUME 2.
LONDON.
GEORGE BELL & SONS. 1907. LONDON: PORTUGAL ST., LINCOLN'S INN. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL AND CO. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY: A.H. WHEELER AND CO.
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A tablon, equal to 1849 square toises, contains nearly an acre andone-fifth: a legal acre has 1344 square toises, and 1.95 legal acre isequal to one hectare.
A torta weighs three quarters of a pound, and three tortas costgenerally in the province of Caracas one silver rial, or one-eighth ofa piastre.
It is sufficient to mention, that the cubic foot contains 2,985,984cubic lines.
Foot (old measure of France) about five feet three inches Englishmeasure.
VOLUME 2.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER 2.16.
LAKE OF TACARIGUA.—HOT SPRINGS OF MARIARA.—TOWN OF NUEVA VALENCIADEL REY.—DESCENT TOWARDS THE COASTS OF PORTO CABELLO.
CHAPTER 2.17.
MOUNTAINS WHICH SEPARATE THE VALLEYS OF ARAGUA FROM THE LLANOS OFCARACAS.—VILLA DE CURA.—PARAPARA.—LLANOS OR STEPPES.—CALABOZO.
CHAPTER 2.18.
SAN FERNANDO DE APURE.—INTERTWININGS AND BIFURCATIONS OF THE RIVERSAPURE AND ARAUCA.—NAVIGATION ON THE RIO APURE.
CHAPTER 2.19.
JUNCTION OF THE APURE AND THE ORINOCO.—MOUNTAINS OFENCARAMADA.—URUANA.—BARAGUAN.—CARICHANA.—MOUTH OF THEMETA.—ISLAND OF PANUMANA.
CHAPTER 2.20.
THE MOUTH OF THE RIO ANAVENI.—PEAK OF UNIANA.—MISSION OFATURES.—CATARACT, OR RAUDAL OF MAPARA.—ISLETS OF SURUPAMANA ANDUIRAPURI.
CHAPTER 2.21.
RAUDAL OF GARCITA.—MAYPURES.—CATARACTS OF QUITUNA.—MOUTH OF THEVICHADA AND THE ZAMA.—ROCK OF ARICAGUA.—SIQUITA.
CHAPTER 2.22.
SAN FERNANDO DE ATABAPO.—SAN BALTHASAR.—THE RIVERS TEMI ANDTUAMINI.—JAVITA.—PORTAGE FROM THE TUAMINI TO THE RIO NEGRO.
CHAPTER 2.23.
THE RIO NEGRO.—BOUNDARIES OF BRAZIL.—THE CASSIQUIARE.—BIFURCATIONOF THE ORINOCO.
CHAPTER 2.24.
THE UPPER ORINOCO, FROM THE ESMERALDA TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THEGUAVIARE.—SECOND PASSAGE ACROSS THE CATARACTS OF ATURES ANDMAYPURES.—THE LOWER ORINOCO, BETWEEN THE MOUTH OF THE RIO APURE, ANDANGOSTURA THE CAPITAL OF SPANISH GUIANA.
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PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF THE NEWCONTINENT.