Sumatra, a large island on the equator, south
of Asia, 198.
Superstition about earthquakes, 188, 190.
Swan, black-necked, 52, 80.
Sweet-potato, 163.
TAHITI, the principal one of the Society Isl-
ands in the South Pacific, 135; valley of
Tia-auru, 136; coral reef, vegetable pro-
ducts, 163.
Tahitian, mildness, tattooed, 133; women in-
ferior, 136; fire-making, 137; cooking, 138.
Talcahuano (Span. pron., tal-kah-hwah'no), a
seaport of Chile, destroyed by earthquake,
184, 185, 187, 188, 192; liability to great
waves, 190.
Tapulquen (Span. pron., tah-pool-kān'), a town
in the south-eastern part of the Argentine
Republic, 123.
Tattooing in Tahiti, 135, 136.
Teneriffe, the largest of the Canary Islands,
155, 156.
Tia-auru, a valley of Tahiti, 136.
Tierra del Fuego (Span. pron., te-er'ra del
foo-ago), a large island south of Patagonia,
called "land of fire" by Magellan on ac-
count of the native bonfires on the coast,
43, 45, 53, 79, 98, 101, 155; mountainous
and peaty, 151; full of bays and inlets, 159;
forests, 170, 172; mountains and glaciers,
175, 176.
Tides, affected by earthquakes, 183-185, 187;
on shallow coasts, 190.
Toad, black with red belly, in hot desert, un-
able to swim, 63; hibernation, 196.
Tortoise, of Galapagos Islands, vast numbers
and size, 60; difference between the sexes,
food, long journeys for drink, 61, 62; pow-
er to go without water, rate of travel, egg-
laying, old age, deafness, 62; carrying a
man, 63.
Trade-wind, a steady wind blowing from north-
east or south-east toward the equator, 199.
Trafalgar', a cape on the south-western coast
of Spain, off which the British fleet under
Nelson defeated the French and Spanish,
Oct. 21, 1805, 135.
Tree-fern, 171.
Trees of Australia, 165-167; of the Tropics,
170; petrified, 178, 181.
Tropilla (Span. pron., tro-pèl'yah), a little
troop, 34.
Turkey-buzzard, companion of seals, 50; feeds
on young tortoises, 62.
Turtle-dove, tameness, 77, 78.
Tyrant fly-catcher, 76.
URUGUAY (Span. pron., oo-roo-gwah'è), a
country of South America (see Banda Ori-
ental), 48, etc.; also the name of the river
which forms its western boundary, 47, 48;
clearness, 145.
Uruguayan, astonishment at compass and
matches, ignorance of geography, 125-
127; wonder at face-washing and beard-
growing, 126; indolence, requirements of
legislative representatives, 128.
Uspallata range and pass (Span. pron., oos-
pal-yah'tah), on the western border of the
Argentine Confederation, 178.
VALDIVIA, a southern port of Chile, 158, 167;
earthquake of 1835, 183, 189; of 1837, 190.
Valparaiso (Span. pron., val-par-ah-è'so), the
principal seaport of Chile-the name means
"paradise valley "-69, 154; immunity
from earthquake waves, 190; earthquake
of 1822, 192; rainfall, 193.
Villarica (Span. pron., vêl-yah-rẻ’kah), a vol-
cano in the south-eastern part of Chile, 189.
Volcano of Aconcagua, 156; Osorno, Corco-
vado, 177; Antuco, 188, 190; Villarica,
189; volcanic soil in western La Plata, 178.
WAIMATE, a town in the north-western part
of New Zealand, on New Ulster Island, 171.
Walleechu, an Indian name for a sacred tree
in the southern part of the Argentine Re-
public, 110, 111, 122.
Wasp, hunts down a spider, 84; caught by
spider, 85.
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