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Index

Abancay, 346
Abaroa Brothers, 234
Acay, 202, 207
Aconcagua, 252
Aconquija, 316
Adams, G. I., 90
Adobe houses, 144
Africa, water supply, 130
Agassiz, Louis, 1
Agriculture, 49; experiments, 70; rainfall in relation to, 49; withdrawal from, 325
Agua Amarga, 169
Aguada de Chilcas, 312, 313
Aguadas, 265
Aguadas Dulces, 172
Aguas Blancas, 242, 247; winter camp of shepherds, 243 (ill.)
Aguas Calientes, 281, 283 (ill.)
Aguirre, Camilo, 102
Aguirre, Francisco de, 101, 104
Aguirre, Hernando de, 163
Ahlmann, H. W., 111
Aillo, 241
Albert, Federico, 139, 142
Alcohol, 28, 341
Alfalfa, 118, 119, 208, 240; Argentina, 192; cultivation, 134; hauling at Vallenar, 135 (ill.); pastures, 37 (ill.)
Alfalfa meadows, 133; irrigation, 134; Poma, 202; Vallenar, 133
Algarroba fruit, 242
Algarrobal, 36, 69
Algarrobal River, 114
Algarrobales, 16
Algarrobilla, 137, 138, 139; pod and seeds, 139 (ill.)
Algarrobo, 12, 18; dead forests, 16; drink made from the beans, 226; forests, former distribution, 319; tree, 66 (ill.)
Algeria, water measurement, 130
Alianza, 18, 36
Almagro, Diego de, 84, 85, 102, 201
Almeido, Diego de, 174
Alpaca, 308; pastures in Bolivia, 340; wool, 340, 341
Altiplano, 193, 215; cultivation, 332, 333 (ill.)
Altitude, effects on man, 24, 29, 38, 281, 294
Alvarez, Arturo, 234, 242
Amazon Basin, 325, 336, 337, 345
Ambrosetti, J. B., 281
Ancon, Treaty of, 83, 297
Andalgalá, 186, 250, 289; Pucará, 311
Andean desert, 7
Andenes, 320, 321; as evidence of former occupation, 322; west of Lake Titicaca, 323 (ill.)
Andes, 2; cross section along parallel 24° 43′ S., 148 (diagr.), 149; eastern siopes in Bolivia and Peru, 336; land forms, 252; peaks, 252; sky line, 254; western border—recent survey, 264 (map). See also Central Andes
Angelis, Pedro de, 251
Antiquities, 247
Antofagasta, 75, 97, I71, 172, 290; artificial character, 110; development, 80; railroad, 235; rain in 1911, 42
Antofagasta, province of, 251
Antofagasta de la Sierra, 298 (with ill.)
Antofalla, Salina de, 265
Antofalla, volcano of, 262 (ill.)
Apachetas, 23 (ills.), 24, 103, 258, 282, 305, 306
Apolobamba, pastures of, 340
Apurimac, 252
Arenales, 332
Arequipa, 94, 346
Argentina, 97; approaching Atacama across the pampas, 186; cattle trade