248 List of the Plants ef Chile. 
with stained grass, and furnished with ‘tend pillars of damask and 
silk velvet, it looked more tempting to us, on entering from the noon- 
tide heat of a tropical day, than the Ottomans of more polished draw- 
ing rooms would under circumstances of less lassitude. A pier ta- 
ble covered with a rich cloth, a large mirror, and a portrait of Ma- 
nuia, completed the furniture on that side ; on the opposite, a curtain 
or screen of handsome chintz, looped up a ie or two at the bottom, 
partially discovered a boudoir 
The captain was excstedinly pleased with this specimen vot pri- 
vate life ; and, for some time, could scarce say any thing, but in ad- 
raivasheot the whole establishment, and in gratulation to our friends, 
at the comparative luxury of comfort in which they were living. Af 
ter much pleasant conversation, which I was nes, with the assist 
ance of Kekuanaoa’s English, to interpret, and a glass of wine politely 
handed by the master of the house himself, -(for not a common native 
was within hearing—a change which you can scarce credit when you 
think of the dirty, idle throng formerly ever swarming about the 
houses and visitors of the. chiefs) we took leave, saying, that we in- 
tended continuing our calls among their compeers. On hearing this, 
they both exclaimed, “kakou pu,”—‘all of us together ;” and the 
lady taking the arm of the captain, and the general one of mine, \ we 
Penns: 
Such is a specimen of the wonderful effects of religious. and el 
instruction, and of the consequent effects of civilization, in convert 
ing, within a few years, hordes of diseusting and profligate —— 
. into enlightened, polished, and virtuous, people. 
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eR" 1V.—List of th the Plants of Chile; translated from the c Mero 
» Chileno,” by W.S. W. Ruscuensercer, M.D. U.S S. Navy: 
(Continued from Vol. XIX, p. 811.) 
~ Chenopodium murale, C. album, Linn. and its variety viride, om 
mon in olitories and fields, and near fences. It is vulgarly called 
Quingua. The C. Ambrosioides, C. anthelminticum and multifi- 
dum, Linn. called Payeo, are also frequent in gardens, near drains, 
and in sandy situations in the vicinity of torrents. They are wee 
uently employed in medicine, and in fact the penetrating essential 
vhich contain leaves no doubt as to their virtues, the princi- 
of which is vermifugo. Apothecaries should extract their ¢ 
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