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,
I2i;  money,  122;  imports,
123,  386;  exports,  123;
travellers’  tax,  124;  cities,
124;  travel,  124;  steamships, ­
  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;  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
Cuba,  1,  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,  174;  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
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;  currency, ­
  197;  steamship  connections, ­
  197
Eating  fruit,  373
Ecuador,  13;  early  history,
106;  government,  107;
area,  107;  climate,  107;