The Tropical World Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe.
CHAPTER II.
THE LLANOS.
Their Aspect in the Dry Season--Vegetable Sources--Sand Spouts-- Effects of the Mirage--A Savannah on Fire--Opening of the Rainy Season--Miraculous Changes--Exuberance of Animal and Vegetable Life--Conflict between Horses and Electrical Eels--Beauty of the Llanos at the Termination of the Rainy Season--The Mauritia Palm 11