[71] Linneus, in his enthusiasm for the splendid family of palms, calls them the princes of the vegetable kingdom.
[72] Palms of the Amazon and Rio Negro.
[73] Wallace, Palms of the Amazon and Rio Negro.
[74] The followers of a sect founded in Syria by the fanatical pillar-saint, Simeon Sinanites.—Humboldt.
[75] San Antonio, an old castle in Cumaná, where General Paez was kept in durance for nine months by the late ruler of Venezuela, General José T. Monagas.