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Ancud is by far the nicest place I saw on Cliiloc, and 

 the country immediately near it has a prosperous look. 



From Ancud the ship steamed again towards the Ocean 

 and had to get over some extremely strong currents or 

 rapids — which take the water from narrows between 

 Chiloë and the mainland, into the Pacific. 



The danger is that the currents take the ship sideways 

 and so succeeds in overturning it. 



That this does happen occasionally was proved by the 

 numerous wrecks which we passed. 



However all went well and we came into the Pacific all 

 right. On the way I noticed some fine Brown Cormorans 

 with yellow bill and white marks on neck and back (PJial. 

 gaimardi) which swam in little parties of 5 or 1. 



There were also numbers of Terns, silvergrey with black 

 cap and red bill, and some black headed Gulls of which 

 some were roseate. 



As we neared Corral we again passed the whaling-station 

 and here were five Brown Pelicans {Pel. molinae) fishing 

 not far from it. 



From Corral we went north to Coronel and on the way 

 I saw occasionally a curious Diving Petrel {Pelecanoides 

 garnoti or urinatrix), probably the first. 



These little birds in shape like a little Auk would sud- 

 denly appear on the surface of the water close by the 

 ship to disappear as suddenly. 



I also saw some small Black Petrels. 



There were also some of the larger sooty black Petrels 

 and lots of the smaller deep black ones, also a single 

 Albatross {Diomedea melanophrys or exulans) that did not 

 come near. 



In the bay of Coronel there was a single Brown Pelican. 



In Coronel I left the "Chiloë" and landed with my birds 

 and my luggage to take train to Conception where I was 

 to spend a day. 



Conception is a rather well kept town and it boasts of 

 pavement in the greater part of it. 



There is a sort of model garden in the outskirts in 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. XXXV". 



