[11] Travels in Peru and India.

[12] Gosse’s “Romance of Natural History.”

[13] Romance of Natural History.

[14] A species of Mimosa.

[15] Slavery has since been abolished in Venezuela.

[16] “Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America.”

[17] Andres Bello.

[18] Sullivan.—Rambles and Scrambles in North and South America.

[19] Linnæus, in his enthusiasm for the delightful beverage obtained from the cacao bean, named the plant that produces it theobroma—food for the gods.

[20] Journeys across the Pampas.