INDEX

403

117;  railroads,  1x7;  Bogota, ­
  118;  travel,  118;
rivers,  119;  agriculture,
119;  coffee,  119;  bananas, ­
  120;  Panama  hats,
120;  tagua  nuts,  120;
cattle,  120;  hides,  121;
mines,  121,  122;  emeralds,
121;  money,  122;  imports,
123,  386;  exports,  123;
travellers’  tax,  124;  cities,
124;  travel,  124;  steamships, ­
  125;  ports,  125,  219-364

umbus,  Christopher,  114-126-139,
  168,  176,  186
nmercial  agencies,  306
lsuls  for  United  States,
225,  259
tsular  invoice,  323
>per,  63,  no,  133
>y,  advertising,  339,  340
osition  of,  341
•tes,  Hernando,  138,  156
■respondence  in  Latin
America,  261
ita  Rica,  early  history,  138;
present  government,  140;
area  and  population,  142;
topography,  144;  railways, ­
  145;  agriculture,
147;  forests,  148;  bananas,
149;  coffee,  149;  mines,
149;  exports,  149;  imports, ­
  150,  151;  currency,
152,  153;  travellers’  tax,
153;  cities,  154;  steamships, ­
  154,  364
ba,  x,  2,  5;  area,  169;  topography ­
  and  population,
169,  170;  climate,  170;
government,  170;  railways ­

  and  rivers,  171;  sugar, ­
  171;  fruits,  172;
mines,  172;  exports,  173;
imports,  173;  currency,
174;  banks,  174;  travelers’ ­
  tax,  X74;  principal
cities,  175;  rail  and
steamship  connections,  169,
175;  illiteracy,  331,  364
Curasao,  area,  200;  population, ­
  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
Cuaco  (city),  104
Denmark,  199
Devils’  Island,  197
Diaz  (Porfirio),  158
Disease  in  Latin  America,
109  -  253  -254-264-369-370-371-373

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;  currency, ­
  197;  steamship  connections, ­
  197
Eating  fruit,  373
Ecuador,  13;  early  history,
xo6;  government,  107;
area,  107;  climate,  107;