Lights, mysterious, on the Andes, [191] et seq.
Llanos of Colombia, [202] et seq.;
herds on, [204], [205];
value of pastures of, [205];
accessibility of, [205];
as a region for investment and exploitation, [207];
inhabitants of, [210] et seq.;
poets of, [211], [212];
trails in, [214], [215]
Llanos of Venezuela, [126]–129;
inhabitants of, [129], [131];
remarkable capture of Spanish gun-boats by Llaneros under Paez, [131]
Loneliness in the mountains, [263]
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