300 Voyage of the Novara. 



to Dr. IVIoesta, a German astronomer well-known in astrono- 

 mical circles. 



The school of Technology {Escuela de Artes y oficios), founded 

 in 1845 by a French gentleman named Jariez, and, like the 

 preceding, assisted by a grant from Government, has met 

 with great support and success. In this eminently practical 

 institution upwards of a hundred pupils are being taught the 

 construction of machinery, and the various processes con- 

 nected therewith, the children of poor parents having a pre- 

 ference. The pupils are boarded, lodged, and clothed gra- 

 tuituously, and have therefore nothing to do but to remain four 

 years in the establishment, after which they serve Govern- 

 ment six years longer, assisting in the public works at a given 

 remuneration, or if there should be no need for their services 

 in the latter department, they are at liberty immediately on 

 the expiry of their apprenticeship to follow what occupation 

 they please. One young Chileno was pointed out to us who 

 had risen from being a pupil to the position of foreman, and 

 was now engaged in imparting instruction in drawing and 

 mathematics. 



As important in its way as the Escuela de Artes, and 

 equally useful in the interests of science and industry, is the 

 Quinta normal for the landed proprietary. This model farm, 

 founded in 1851, and arranged upon the French system, is 

 situated outside the town, and consists of a tolerably exten- 

 sive plot of land, which includes within its limits the new 

 observatory and the botanical gardens. The present director 



