i. 298, 299

Amboise, conspiracy of, predominance of the theological spirit shown in the, ii. 10

Ambrose, St., his statement of the doctrine of predestination, i. 13 _note_

America, policy of the Spaniards in, in the eighteenth century, ii. 557

America, Central, ancient civilization of, i. 93. Ruins and statues extant in, 93 _note_. Evidences of the unequal distribution of wealth in, 94. Question as to the races which formerly inhabited it, 94. Character of the national religion of, 147

America, North, rivers of importance to be found almost wholly on the eastern side of, i. 97. Causes of this, 97 _note_. Extent of the Amazon alone, 97 _note_. Area drained by the Mississippi, 97. The Oregon the boundary of the Californian flora, 97 _note_. One of the main causes of the fertility of America, heat, 98. Difference between the heat of the eastern and western coasts, 98. Early state of the North American tribes, 99 _note_. Intercourse between the north-east of Asia and the north-west of America, 99 _note_. Another main cause of fertility of, irrigation, 97. Calvinism the popular creed of the republics of,