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2) g. The fmall-pox very fatal there, 240,' Number ofIndian natives remaining there , 244. Defcription of

the aqueduct for the fupply of the capital city, 361.See Colonies.

Michael, St. the gulph of, in the South-Sea, difcovered andnamed by Balboa, i. 242. The colony of, eftablifhedby Pizarro , iii. 19.

Migrations of mankind, why firft made by land, i. 1.

Mind , human, the efforts of it proportioned to the wantsof the body, ii. 82.

Mines of South-America , the great inducement to population,iii. 217. Some account of, 287. Their produce,289. The fpirit with which they are worked, 290.Fatal effects of this ardor, 291. Evidence of thepernicious effects of laboring in them, 587. OfMexico , total produce of, to the Spanifhrevenue , 410—412.

Molucca Iflands , the Spanifh claims on, fold ■ by the Em-peror Charles V. to the Portuguefe, ii. 369.

Monafiic inftitutions, the pernicious effects of, in the Spanifh-American colonies, iii. 276. Number of conventsthere, 389-

Jloxfoons , the periodical courfe of, when difcovered bynavigators , i. 2 3.

Montefino , a Dominican preacher at St. Domingo, pub-licly remonftrates againft the cruel treatment of the In-dians , i. 2 $ s.

Montezuma , the firft intelligence received by the Spaniardsof this prince, i. 288- Receives intelligence of thearrival of Fernando Cortes in his dominions, ii. 22?.His prefents to Cortes, 227. Forbids-him to approachhis capital, 228. State of his empire at this time,ibid. His character, 229. His perplex’ity at the arri-val of the Spaniards, 2)o. His timid negociations withCortes, 2^i. His fcheme for deftroying Cortes atCholula difcovered, 26;. His irrefolute conduit, 2rig.His firft interview with Cortes , ibid. Is feizea byCortes, and confined to the Spanifh quarters, 280, Is

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