Biscaino, (Sebastian) see Viscaino.

Blanco, (Rio) river, II, 270.

Blankets, amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 36; in 1803, IV, 47.

Boca Chica, one of the entrances into the port of Acapulco, IV, 57.

Boca Grande, one of the entrances into the port of Acapulco, IV, 57.

Boca de San Gregorio, part of the Desague de Huehuetoca, II, 152.

Bolaños, mines, III, 122.

Bolson de Mapimi, a mountainous district, II, 271.
Bombon, mines, III, 341.

Blood (mixed) different species of in Mexico, I, 246.

Bonilla, (Don Antonio) his manuscript memoir respecting. the voyages of the Spaniards to the north-west of America, II, 359.

Bonilla, (Gabriel Lopez de) how he fixed the longitude of Mexico, I, xxvi.

Boot, (Adrian) a Dutchman, entrusted with the hydraulical works of Mexico, orders the Desague of Nochistongo to be abandoned, II, 131.

Branciforte, (Marquis de) viceroy of Mexico, causes a statue of Charles IV. to be erected, II, 40. (*)

Brandy, amount annually imported into Vera Cruz, IV, 31; in 1802, IV, 33; in 1803, IV, 44.

Bravo, (Rio) see Rio del Norte.

Brazil, its mines, III, 392, 418-Its population, IV, 323. Bread-fruit tree, unknown in Mexico, II, 513.

Breña (la) group of rocks near Durango, II, 292, Bucareli, (Antonio) viceroy of Mexico, orders the territory between the Bar of Huasacualco and the Roads of Tehuantepec, to be examined by engineers to discover whether there were any means for establishing a communication between the two seas, IV, 21.

Bucareli, (Puerto de) a port discovered by Quadra, II, 365.

Buena vista, a military post, II, 299.

Buenos Ayres, (Viceroyalty of) produce of its gold and silver mines, III, 353-Balance of its trade, IV, 128-Net revenue which the king draws from this viceroyalty, IV, 240-Its population, IV, 323.

Butter, amount imported at Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 35; in 1803, IV. 46.

C.

Caamano, (Don Jacinto) his expedition to the north-west coast of America, II, 384.

Cabildo, (Libro de el) manuscript of 1524, II, 22. (§)
Cables imported into America-See Cordage.

Cabrera, (Father Manuel) superintendant of the Desague de
Huehuetoca, II, 143.

Cabrillo, (Juan Rodriquez) his voyage to New California, II, 338 and 360.

Cachalot, or spermaceti whale fishery, on the coasts of Mexico, in the hands of the English and Anglo-Americans, III, 83.

Caciques, noble Indians, I. 179-Oppressions which they exercise over the tributary Indians, ibid.

Cacomite, species of Tigridia-Its cultivation in Mexico, II, 505-See Vegetables.

Cactus, different species on which the cochineal feeds, III, 71-See also Vegetables.

Cadena, (Count de) causes the first electrical conductors to be constructed in Mexico, III, 472.

Cadereita, town of the intendancy of Mexico, II, 188.

Cadereyta, (Marquis de) viceroy of Mexico, assigns to the chest, of the Desague. the produce of an impost on liquors, II, 140.

Cajohuacan, a favourite place of Cortez, II, 78.

Calderon, (Father Francisco) his project for draining the valley of Mexico, II, 136.

Calicoes, manufactured in Mexico, III, 461.

California, its coasts discovered by Cortez, I, li-Voyage to this country by Chappe, Doz, and Velasquez, I, lii— History of the discovery of that province, II, 319—Its climate, II, 326-Its mountains, ibid.-Its pearls, II, 328-Settlements formed there by the Jesuits, II, 330Tribes who inhabit it, II, 331-Its villages II, 333-Its mines, III, 128.

California, (Gulph of) geographical position of several points of its coast, I, lviii.

Californians, their divinities, II, 331.

Calle, (Juan Diaz de) memoir presented by him to Philip IV. II, 109. (*)-His researches respecting the invention of amalgamation, III, 254.

Calle, (second) to what year that period corresponds, II, 18 (*).

Camacho, (Don Josef) his voyage to New California, I, xciii.

Camargo, (Diego Muñoz) his manuscript work on Mexico, II, 74.

Camburi, species of banana, II, 417.

Camels, introduced into Peru, IV, 14.
Camotes, see Batates.

Campomanes, his calculations respecting the quantity of gold and silver imported into Spain, III, 389.

Canary, (Islands) their gross revenue, IV, 241-Their territorial extent and population, IV, ibid.

Candles, (wax) amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 35; in 1803, IV, 45.

Cane, (sugar) its cultivation in Mexico, III. 2-Carried on without negroes, III, 8-Its produce, III, 11-See also Plants and Vegetables.

Canizares, (Joze) his map of California, I, lxxxi.

Cannons cast at Manilla, and transported to Vera Cruz, IV, 21.

Cañon de los Vireyes, gallery of the Desague de Huehuetoca, II, 152.

Canteens, amount imported at Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 33 and 35; in 1803, IV, 45 and 46.

Capers, amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 33; in 1803, IV, 44.

Capitals, laid out by the clergy on lands, III, 100.

Capitations of the Indians, its annual produce, IV, 212.

Capuces, tribe of Indians, II, 205.

Caracas, (Capitaneria generale de) annual balance of its commerce, IV, 128-Number of slaves, IV, 129-Its gross revenue, IV, 241-Population, IV, 322.

Caravajal, oidor at Mexico-His mineralogical collection, II, 51 (*).

Carcay, mountains, II, 284.

Carneros cimarones, animals of the mountains of California, II, 327.

Caroline, (Islands) imaginary archipelago, II, 323.

Carthagena, annual balance of its commerce, including the small neighbouring ports, IV, 119.

Cards-Produce of duty on, IV, 214.

Casa del apartado at Mexico, or house of separation— Description of that edifice, III, 483.

Casa Fuerte (Marquis de) See Acuña.

Casas grandes del Rio Gila-Ruins of an edifice constructed by the Aztecs, II, 301.

Casas grandes of New Biscay, third residence of the Aztecs, II, 302, 303.

Casasola (M. de). His collection of voyages to California, I, liv, ()-His manuscript memoir respecting the voyages of the Spaniards to the north-west of America, II, 359.

Casts among the inhabitants of Mexico, I, 130.

Castillo (Bernal Dias del)-His judgment respecting the conduct of Cortez, II, 57 (*):

Castillo (Christophe de) a baptised Indian, author of a manuscript on the History of Mexico, II, 74 (*).

Cattle (Horned) in Mexico, III, 48-See also Zoology.

Catorce district of mines, II, 283; III, 120-Its description, III, 209.

Causeways leading to Mexico, II, 47-Celaya, Town, II,

207.

Cempoalla, chief place of the Totonacs, II, 263.

Ceralvo (Marquis de) Viceroy of Mexico, II, 114. Cegars (Manufactory of) at Queretaro, III, 466. Cerealia of the Old Continent unknown in America before the arrival of the Spaniards, II, 451-Region suitable to them, II, 453-Watering which they require, II, 457— Riches of the harvests, II, 461-Average produce of wheat, II, 462-Amount of harvest in New Spain, II, 469-Comparison of the average produce with that of other countries, II, 475-Average price of wheat, II, 481-Quality of grain in New Spain, II, 482-Does not preserve long, II, 483.

Ceremony (Religious) celebrated at the time of the introduction of vaccination, I, 114.

Cerro de la Cruz, Mexican pyramid, II, 196.

Cervantes (Don Miguel) professor of Botany at Mexico, I, 215-His mineralogical collection ibid, II, 51 (*).

Cevalles (Don Ciriaco) explored the coast of New Santander, I, 83.

Chagre (River of) was proposed for the establishment of a communication between the two oceans, I, 29.

Chairs, quantity imported into Mexico in 1803, IV, 45. Chalchiuhuecan, old denomination of the shore of Vera Cruz, II, 254.

Chalco (Lake of) See Xochimilco.

Champoton river on the banks of which the Campeachy wood is cut down, II, 247.

Chanate, mountains, II, 285.