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