INDEX 
403 
117; railroads, 1x7; Bo 
gota, 118; travel, 118; 
rivers, 119; agriculture, 
119; coffee, 119; bana 
nas, 120; Panama hats, 
120; tagua nuts, 120; 
cattle, 120; hides, 121; 
mines, 121, 122; emeralds, 
I2i; money, 122; imports, 
123, 386; exports, 123; 
travellers’ tax, 124; cities, 
124; travel, 124; steam 
ships, 125; ports, 125, 219- 
364 
Columbus, Christopher, 1x4- 
126-139, 168, 176, 186 
Commercial agencies, 306 
Consuls for United States, 
225, 259 
Consular invoice, 323 
Copper, 63, no, 133 
Copy, advertising, 339, 340 
position of, 341 
Cortes, Hernando, 138, 156 
Correspondence in Latin 
America, 261 
Costa Rica, early history, 138; 
present government, 140; 
area and population, 142; 
topography, 144; rail 
ways, 145; agriculture, 
147; forests, 148; bananas, 
149; coffee, 149; mines, 
149; exports, 149; im 
ports, 150, 151; currency, 
152, 153; travellers’ tax, 
153; cities, 154; steam 
ships, 154, 364 
Cuba, 1, 2, 5; area, 169; to 
pography and population, 
169, 170; climate, 170'; 
government, 170; rail 
ways and rivers, 171; su 
gar, 171; fruits, 172; 
mines, 172; exports, 173; 
imports, 173; currency, 
174; banks, 174; travel 
ers’ tax, 174; principal 
cities, 175; rail and 
steamship connections, 169, 
175; illiteracy, 331, 364 
Curasao, area, 200; popula 
tion, 200; currency, 201; 
banking, 201; exports, 201; 
smuggling, 201; imports, 
202; steamer connections, 
202 
Custom House rulings, 268- 
269, 270 
Customs of Latin Americans, 
248, 249 
Customs and Tariffs, 266 
Cuzco (city), 104 
Denmark, 199 
Devils’ Island, 197 
Diaz (Porfirio), 158 
Disease in Latin America, 
109 - 253 -254-264-369-370- 
371-372 
Dominica, 206, 209, 210 
Drinking Water in Latin 
America, 254-368-369 
Dutch Guiana, 13-15, 191; 
population, 196; trade 
conditions, 196; exports 
and imports, 196; cur 
rency, 197; steamship con 
nections, 197 
Eating fruit, 373 
Ecuador, 13; early history, 
106; government, 107; 
area, 107; climate, 107;