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, 
121; money, 122; imports, 
123, 386; exports, 123; 
travellers’ tax, 124; cities, 
124; travel, 124; steam 
ships, 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; 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 
ba, x, 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, X74; 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 
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; cur 
rency, 197; steamship con 
nections, 197 
Eating fruit, 373 
Ecuador, 13; early history, 
xo6; government, 107; 
area, 107; climate, 107;