B
Bamboo, many uses of, [339]
Bananas, varieties and uses of, [179];
industry in, extent of, [405] et seq.;
as a food, value of, [406], [407];
legends concerning, [418]
Barranquilla, importance of, [377], [378]
Barrigón, description of, [195] et seq.
Beauvois, E., on traditions regarding Fountain of Youth and River Jordan, [15] et seq.
Belalcazar, Sebastian de, meets Quesada and Federmann on plain of Bogotá, [294]–298, [332]
Bell-bird, Waterton and Sydney Smith on, [183]
Birds, migratory, in the tropics, [249]–252
Boats on the Orinoco, [87], [88];
on the Magdalena, [349]
Bogotá, foundation of, [285];
location of, [286];
description and population of, [286] et seq.;
schools and scholars of, [300] et seq.
Bolivar, Simon, liberator of South America, [303] et seq.;
estimates of, by Tejera and Larazabel, [304], [305];
opinions of Hippisley and General Holstein concerning, [305]–308;
ante-mortem statements of, [311]
Brendan, St., in the New World, [13];
vanishing island of, [399], [400]
Buccaneers, origin of, [390]–392;
skill and courage of, [393], [394];
religion of, [394];
depredations and ferocity of, [395], [396];
secretly encouraged by various governments, [397]
Buena Vista, Colombia, view from, [235], [236]