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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX A Abyssinia, home of coffee-plant, 84 Acacia, 229, 270 Academy of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, 68 Academy of Science, La Plata, 255, 257: St. Petersburg, 14 Acc1dent to Diplodocus, St. Pe- tersburg, 250: on railway, 313 Aconcagua, 130, 291 Africans in Brazil, 46; in Uruguay, 94 Agassiz, Louis, 325 "Age of reptiles," 5 Agelaus thilius, 173 Ageronia, the clicking noise made V. 73 Agrias, 293 Agricultural resources of South America, 354 Alcaus paraphrased by Sir William Jones, 146 Alcorta, Dr. Jos6 Figueroa, 123 Alfalfa, 145, 155, 238 Alfonso VL, 358 Alkaline soil, 132 Alligator, 48 Almohades, the, 358 Alpha Centauri, 33, 34 Alvarez, Diego, first settler of Brazil, 54, 81 Alvarez, Sefior Don Agustin, 123, 124. 295 Alvarez, Sefior Don Luis A., 213 Amazon, mouth of, 320 Amblyrhamphus holosericeus, 173 Ameghino, Carlos, 207, 208, 220 Amcghino, Sefior Florentino, 207, 208, 214, 215, 218, 244, 246 americana, Rhea, 148 Ampullaria canaliculate D'Orbigny, 232 A nartia jatropfue, amaltkea, 327 Anchor of Columbus, 323 Andes, 130-132, 278, 290 Animals, migration of, from dif- ferent continents, 206 Anona muricata, reticulata, squa- mosa, 339 Antarctica connected with Aus- tralia, South America, and Africa, 205 A nthurium, 327 Antilles, the Lesser, 334-351 Ant-nests, 284, 304 Antonio, 274, 277 Ants, 74,235,284,308 Apostrophe to Rio de Janeiro, 57 Apple-trees, 182 Aqueduct, built by Jesuits, Rio de Janeiro, 61, 71 Arabs, 358, 359 Araucaria, 227: excelsa, 228; im- bricata, 228 Arch of Titus, 25 Archean rocks, 3, 4 Arclomys, 195 Argent1na, 1,15, 16, 100-107,128- 146. 355: arid lands, 132-133; blue sky of, 147; colon1zation, 136, 138: composite population, 131, 142, 359; compulsory edu- cation, 140: cost of living in, 144; country of beef and wheat, 107; dimensions, 128; dry- ...