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furnishing raw materials for manufactures and com-
merce, III, 1 ; 1st, the sugar cane, III, 2; 2d, cotton,
III, 18; 3d, flax and hemp, III, 20; 4th, coffee, III, 21 ;
5th, cocoa, III, 23; 6th, vanilla, III, 27; 7th, sarsaparilla,
III, 36; Sth, jalap, III, 37; 9th, Tabasco, III, 39; 10th,
indigo, III, 44–Botanical details respecting the plants
cultivated in New Spain, IV, 335—See also Vegetables.
Platano, a species of banana, II, 417.
Platina, is not found in Mexico, III, 150; nor in the vice-
royalty of Buenos Ayres, III, 354 (*); is found at Choco
and Barbacoas, III, 285.
Poitos, a species of Indian slaves, I, 238.
Fonar, a baptised Indian, author of a manuscript on the
history of Mexico, II, 74. (*)
Ponce, a baptised Indian, author of a manuscript on the
history of Mexico, II, 74. (*)
Popayan, quantity of gold coined there between 1788 and
1794, III, 3S1.
Popocatepetl, the highest summit of the Cordillera of Mex-
ico, I, 62—Signification of that name, ibid. (*)—Its
height, II, 50—Was its crater visited by Diego Ordaz a
III, 473.
Population of New Spain, I, 89, et seq. 110; IV, 127—It
is greater in the interior than on the coasts, I, 91–It
has increased since the arrival of the Spaniards, I, 95-
Its state in 1793, I, 97–It has greatly augmented since,
I, 99—Relation of the births to the deaths, I, 101—Pro-
portion of the births and deaths to the population, I, 105;
compared with other countries, I, 107—State of the popu-
lation in 1803, I, 109–Causes which arrest its progress:
1st, the small-pox, I, 111 ; 2d, the matlazahuatl. I, 117;
3d, famine, I, 119—The labour of the mines ought not
to be included among the causes, I, 123; nor the yellow
fever, I, 128—See Yellow Fever—The population is very
little increased by the arrival of new colonists, ibid-
Different casts of inhabitants, I, 130: 1st, Indians, I, 131-
203; 2d, Whites, I, 204–235; 3d, Negroes, II, 236;
4th, casts of mixed blood, I, 243; proportion of males to
females, I, 247—Relation between the longevity and the
difference of casts, I, 250—Influence of the mixture of
casts on society, I, 257—Comparison of the population
with that of some other countries, I, 257—Population
according to the territorial divisions, I, 280–Dispropor-
tion between the population of the different intendancies,
I, 284—Relative population of the intendancies, I,
285. - -
Porto Bello, measures taken by the Governor Emparan to
improve its climate, IV, 154.
Porto Rico, island—Supply which it annually draws from
Mexico for the expences of administration, IV, 235.
Ports of New Spain, their relative importance, IV, 118.
Ports, projected in place of Vera Cruz, I, 82.
Positions, (geographical) of Mexico determined by astrono-
mical observations, I, cKxxiv.–cxliii.
Possessions, (Russian) in America, project formed by the
Court of Madrid for attacking them, II, 387–Position
of these factories, II, 389.
Posts, established by Count Florida Blanca from Paraguay
to the north-west coast of North America, I, 7–
Annual amount of the post-office revenue in Mexico, IV,
214. 2.3 G
Potatoe, its introduction into Mexico, II, 484–It is
indigenous in Peru—Discussion on this subject, II,
Ž 488—Its actual cultivation, II, 496. -
Potosi, (Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres) quantity of silver
extracted from its mines, III, 171—Royal duties paid
on the silver extracted from the Cerro de Potosi, III,
356—Result of this Table, III, 360—Produce of its
mines, III, 362—Mining from 1556 to 1789, III,
372—Diminution of the contents of its minerals, III, 374–
Manner in which they were antiently treated, III, 375–
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Amalgamation is introduced there, III, 377–Quantity of
piastres coined there in 1790, III, 378.
Poultry, rare before the conquest, III, 52.
Powder, (gun) its manufacture is a royal monopoly, III,
469—The only existing manufactory, III, 470—
Amount manufactured, III, 471—Amount of the an-
nual revenue drawn by the king from the sale of this
commodity, IV, 214.
Presidios, object of their establishment, IV, 256.
Prisons, expence to the state, IV, 231.
Productions of the animal kingdom in Mexico, III, 46–
95—See Zoology.
Productions of the mineral kingdom of Mexico, III, 104–
323–See Mines.
Productions of the vegetable kingdom of Mexico, II, 414–III,
46—See Plants and Vegetables.
Produce of land, its annual value, III, 97.
Provincias internas, their divisions: 1st, into internal pro-
vinces of the viceroyalty and of the commandant, I,
271 ; 2d, into eastern and western, I, 279—Country
comprehended in them, I, 280—Their surface and po-
pulation, ibid.—Their relative population, II, 2.
Prunes, amount imported into Mexico in 1803, IV
44. -
Puebla, intendancy—Number of ecclesiastics contained in
it, I, 230 (*)—Its extent and population, II, 190—
Proportion of the casts, II, 197—Number of the towns
and villages, II, 198—Its industry, II, 199—Its salt
works, ibid.—Its marble, ibid.—Language of the inha-
bitants, ibid.—Its towns, II, 200—Its relative population,
II, 203–Its mines, ibid.—Its manufactures, III, 461.
Puebla de los Angeles, capital of the intendancy of Puebla—
Its population, II, 200—Its manufactures, III, 461–
467.
Puente del Salto, bridge of the cascade of the Desague de
Huehuetoca, II, 152. w

Puerco, river, II, 271, 312.

Pulque, a liquor made of the juice of the Magney, II, 52.1–
Produce of the impost on this liquor, IV, 216.

Pulque de mahis, a spirituous liquor made of maize, II,
449.

Purificacion, town, II, 231.

Purissima, celebrated mine of Catorce—Its wealth, III,
211.

Purissima Concepcion, village of California, II, 353.

Purissima Concepcion de Alamos de Catorce, mines, II,
283.

Pyramids of San Juan de Teotihuacan, II, 63—Their height,
ibid.—Their antiquity, II, 64—Interior construction, ibid.—
Their height, compared with that of the pyramids of
Egypt and Cholula, II, 195. (t)

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Quadra, (Don Juan de la Bodega y) how he fixed the posi-
tion of San Lucas, I, lv–His map of California, I., lxxxi-
His voyage to the north-west coast of America, II, 365,
et seq.

Quarterons, a Mexican cast, I, 245.

Quauhnahuac, see Cuernavaca.

Quauhtemotzin, last king of Mexico, II, 57 (*)—Heroic anec-
dote of that prince, II, 77.

Quauhtitlan, see Guautitlan.

Queretaro, town of the intendancy of Mexico—Proportion
between the casts who inhabit it, and between the sexes,
I, 254–Its population, I, 188—Its manufactures, III, 460
—467.

Quetlabaca, king of Mexico—See Cuitlahuatzin.

Quiabislan, see Cuiahuitzla.

Quimper, (Don Manuel) his voyage to Nootka, II,

Quinquina, amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802,
IV, 36; exported in 1802, IV, 37—It has not been
successfully used in the yellow fever, IV, 189—Natural
affinities of the Genus Cinchona, II, 402 (*)—See also
Vegetables.

Quinterons, a Mexican cast, II, 245.

Quiroga, (Vasco de) first bishop of Mechoacan, the benefactor
of the Indians, II, 225.

Quirotes, a nation of New California, II, 345.

Quivira, a fabulous town, II, 303—324 (*); III, 298 (*).

Quiscano, (Don Josef) his table of the mine of Valenciana,
III, 164. (*)

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Raspadura, (ravin of) forms a communication between the
Atlantic Ocean and South Sea, I, 40.
Rayas, mines, II, 206. -
Raynal, his opinion of the wealth of the mines of New
Mexico, II, 307—His estimate of the quantity of gold
and silver which has flowed into Europe since 1492, III,
405.
Real del Monte, description of its mines, III, 212.
Reales de minas, their nomenclature, III, 119, et seq.
Reales de plata, three species of coins of that name, III,
360. (+)
Regla, (Count of) his wealth, I, 225—He is proprietor of the
mines de la Biscaina, III, 218.
Reinaga, (Juan de) introduced camels into Peru, IV,
15.
Repartimientos, oppression which the Corregedors exercised
on the Indians—They are suppressed by Charles III, I,
183. ,
Revenue of New Spain—Influence which the freedom of

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