T
Telegraph, in the tropics, [261]
Tequendama, Falls of, [290], [293], [294]
Tierra fria, tierra templada, tierra caliente, characteristics of, [270]–274
Tobacco, discovery of, [24];
use of, by aborigines of America, [24], [25];
Benzoni, Père Labat, and King James on, [24]–26;
value of, as source of revenue to Spain, [27]
Trapiche, described, [332]
Treasures found by the conquistadores, [363]
Trees, remarkable, in the tropics, [156], [157]
Trinidad, island of, [54] et seq.;
scenery of, [61], [62];
smugglers in, [63]
Turtles, immense numbers of, on the sand banks of the Orinoco, [132]