II, 144-It is finished in 1789, II, 145-Judgment of the author respecting this work, II, 147-Dimensions of the Desague, II, 151-Survey of its waters, II, 163 (‡) This canal is one of the causes of the wretchedness of the Indians in the valley of Mexico, II, 168.
Diaz (Fray Juan)-His determination of the junction of the Colorado and the Gila, I, lix.
Dikes-Means employed by the Aztecs, to preserve the Town of Tenochtitlan from inundation, II, 117-This system was abandoned after the inundation of 1607, II, 205. Dioscorea-See Igname.
Diputaciones de Mineria-Enumeration of the 37, into which the mines of Mexico are distributed, III, 119, 128. Discoveries of the Spaniards on the north west coast of America, made by Cabrillo, II, 360; and IV, 81-By Gali, II, 360 and IV, 81-By Viscaino, II3, 61: and IV. 81-By Perez, II, 363-By Heceta, Ayali, and Quadra, II, 365—By Quadra and Arteaga, II, 366—By Martinez and Haro, II, 867-By the same Martinez, II, 369-By Elisa and Fidalgo, 11, 374-By Malaspina, II, 375-By Galiano and Valdes, II, 380-By Caamano, II, 384By Gaetano, IV, 82-By Mendana and Quiros, IV, 82-General view of the discoveries of the Spaniards in the great ocean, IV, 81 et seq.
Divisions of the territory of New Spain, I, 263-289—See New Spain.
Doctor (El) mines of the Intendancy of Mexico II,
Dogs serving for food, III, 47.
Dolores, Indian village-Tables of its births and deaths from 1750 to 1799, IV, 290.
Dominico, a species of Banana, II, 417,
Doz (Vicente)-His voyage to California, I, liii, I, 222. Drake (Sir Francis), was not the first who discovered New California, II, 337.
Dupé (M. de)—His researches respecting the pyramid of Papantla, II, 259.
Durango, Bishopric-Its revenues, I, 231.
Durango, Intendancy-Its extent, II, 284-It is exposed to the incursions of the savage Indians, II, 285-Its towns, II, 291-Nomenclature of the Reales de minas which it contains, III, 123.
Durango, town--II, 291-Mass of malleable iron and nickel found in its environs, ibid-Period of its founda- tion, II, 308.
Durasno, a mercury mine, II, 301.
Duties (royal) paid on goods, IV. 92.
Duties, (municipal) paid on goods, IV, 93.
Duties on coin levied by the government, III, 329.
Dyeing of cotton at Tehuantepec, III, 462.
Eatables, amount of, exported from Mexico for other parts of the Spanish colonies in 1802, IV, 38, in 1803, IV, 49.
Echeveria, painter at Mexico, I, 216.
Edgecombe, a mountain at first named San Jacinto, II, 365.
Elhuyar (Don Fausto de), director of the royal school of mines at Mexico.-His materials respecting the posi- tion of the mines of Mexico, I, ii, lxxxviii-His merits, I, 212-Communicated to the author specimens of a mass which appears to be aerolithe, II, 293-His project for a new gallery in the mine of Biscaina, IV, 219. Elisa, (Francisco) his expedition to Nootka, II, 374. Emparan, Don Vincente measure taken by him to ame- liorate the climate of Porto Bello, IV, 154.
Ecomiendas, a species of fiefs established in favour of the Conquistadores, I, 181-They were annulled by king Charles III. I, 183.
Entradas, a species of warfare carried on by the missionaries against the Indios Bravos, I, 238.
Enumeration, (first) of the inhabitants of New Spain, I, 96-Details respecting this operation, IV, 291 et seq. Equetchecan, Indian village, I1, 249.
Escalante, (Father) his apostolical excursions towards the mountains de los Guacaros, II, 336.
Escalona, Duke of) see Villena.
Esce en, a nation inhabiting New California, II, 345. Escobar, (Maria de) spouse of Diego de Chaves, first intro- duced wheat into Peru, II. 452.
España, (Josef merchant at Caracas-His project for rendering the province of Venezuela independent, IV, 265. Espartal, marsh in the environs of Vera Cruz, IV1, 56. Espinosa, (Don Josef de) his astronomical memoir, I, xci,
Estado, (Casa del) or house of the Duke de Monteleone, built on the site of the palace of Montezuma, II,
Estola, (Venta de) its geographical position, I, xxxix. Europeans, this word synonimous with Spaniards in Mexico, I, 210.
Expeditions, botanical) undertaken by order of the go- vernment, I, 215-See Mocino, Mutis, Ruez, Sesse, Pavon.
Expences, (public) the amount from 1784 to 1789, IV, 224; in 1803, IV, 229-Classification of the expences; 1st. interior administration, IV, ibid; 2d Situados, IV, ibid; 3d Liquido remisible, IV, ibid.
Exportation of goods from the United States of America, in 1806, IV, 305.
Exportation of goods from Mexico -Its amount in 1802,
IV, 37, et seq; in 1803, IV, 48, et seq.-Its annual amount, IV, 111-And in all the Spanish Colonies, IV, 127.
Extent of New Spain, I, 11, et seq.; II, 1.
Fagoaga, a Mexican family distinguished for their wealth and patriotism, I, 225, 228.
Fagoaga, (Don Joze Maria) plan of the valley of Mexico, drawn up by him, I, xcix.
False-Orizaba, imaginary mountain indicated on the map of Arrowsmith, I, xlvi.
Famine, cause of the frequency of this scourge in Mexico, I, 119.
Ferrelo, (Bartolome) continues the voyage undertaken by Cabrillo, II, 464.
Ferrer, Don Joze Joacquin) how he determined the posi
tion of Vera Cruz, I, xxxi—That of the Coffre de Perote, I, xliii-That of the Pic d'Orizaba, I, xliv. Fever, (yellow) its principal seat is at Vera Cruz, IV, 132— Influence which the disease has on commerce, IV, 134; on the military defence of the country, IV, 134-Period when it was first observed, IV, 135—It ought not to be confounded with the Matlazahuatl, ibid.-It is identical with the vomito prieto, IV, 137-Why in former times it engaged very little the attention of physicians, IV, 138-Periods when this malady has been observed, IV, 140-It is endemical at Vera Cruz, IV,141-It is a disease sui generis, IV, 144-It does not appear on the western coast of Mexico, IV, 144-It is not exclusively peculiar to the northern hemisphere, IV, 151– Connection of this disease with the temperature of the atmosphere, 1V, 159-It is not essentially contagious, IV, 168-Under the tropics it does not attack the natives, IV, 170-The whites and mestizoes of the interior of the coun- try are more subject to it than the Europeans who come by sea, IV, 174-Men are more subject to this disease than women, IV, 179-Duration of the disease, IV, 179- Average mortality among the patients, IV, 180-Limits of the disease towards the interior of the country, IV, 186—
Treatment of this disease by the stimulant method, IV, 187; by quinquina, IV, 189; by frictions of oil of olives, IV, 548; by ice and snow, IV, 191–The disease only appears periodically, IV, 192-Means of rendering it less frequent, IV, 199.
Feyjoo, errors committed by him in estimating the popula- tion of Peru, 1, 92.
Fidalgo, (Don Salvador) his expedition to the north of America, II, 374.
Fifth, paid to the king at Potosi, III, 356, et seq.
Figs, amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 33; in 1803, IV, 44.
Finances of Mexico, see the articles
Finances of the Spanish monarchy-Amount of the whole receipts in 1804, IV, 240.
Flax, the government prevents its cultivation in Mexico, II, 517, III, 20.
Florez, (Antonio) companion of Viscaino, II, 361.
Florida Blanca, (Count) established posts throughout all Spanish America, I, 7.
Florida, sum which it draws annually from Mexico to support the expence of its administration, IV, 235. Flour, amount of annual exportation from Vera Cruz, IV, 30; for other parts of Spanish America in 1802, IV, 38; in 1803, IV, 49-Quantity sent to the Havanah in 1804 and 1805, IV, 265.
Font, (Fray Pedro) his determination of the junction of the Colorado and the Gila, I, lix-His journey by land, from La Pimeria Alta, to Monterey, II, 300. Fonte, (Bartolome) his apocryphal voyage to the north west of America, II, 359.
Fonte, (Pedro de) his map of California, I, lxxxi. Forcada, (Antonio) his map of New Spain, I, lxxviii. Force, (armed) in New Spain-Amount of expence which it causes to government, IV, 230-Proportion between
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