M
Magdalena river, description of, [350], [351];
navigation on, [351], [352];
frequent changes in bed of,353, [355];
as commercial highway, [355], [356], [357];
inhabitants in valley of, [358];
scenery along, [358], [359];
fauna in the valley of, [364] et seq.
Main, Spanish, meaning of, [39]
Mandeville, Sir John, on Fountain of Youth, [14]
Margarita, island of, and its pearl fisheries, [49]–53
Martyr, Peter, father of American history, [7];
about Indian dwellings on tree tops, [77]
Meta river, size of, [146];
traveling on, [159];
inhabitants along, [160];
beauty of scenery along, [190], [191];
navigability of, [206];
should be open to all vessels, [230]
Milk tree, [157]
Missions, Indian, [86]
Monkey bridges, stories about, [151]
Montaña, traveling in, [201], [221]
Muiscas, [319] et seq.;
an agricultural people, [320];
commerce of, [321];
civilization and culture of, [322]–324;
trails of, [332]