x ii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEK VII. 



EXPERIENCES CONTINUED. 



Advance of autumn, 458; Sunday at Santiago, 458; Annoyances, 458 ; Search for a desaguador of the Mapocho, 459; Sunday 

 occupations, 460; A rain-storm, 460; The Salto de Agua, 460; Ice, 461 ; An earthquake, 461 ; A flood in the river, 462; Leave 

 for Valparaiso, 462; Rain-storm on the road, 463; Apparent desolation in the country, 463; Curacavi, 463; Narrow escape, 464 ; 

 Casa-blanca, 464 ; Appearance of Valparaiso and its environs from the hills, 465 ; Return to the capital, 465; Another flood in 

 the Mapocho, 465 ; Clerk of the weather, 466 ; Agriculture, 466'; Birds, 467; The country near the Salto de Agua, 468; Came 

 con cuero, 469 ; Christmas, 469 ; Christmas eve at the market-house, 469 ; Service in the cathedral, 470 ; Nacimientos, 470. 



CHAPTEE VIII. 



A VISIT TO THE CACHA.PUAL. 



Arrive at the hacienda of a friend, 472; The plain of Rancagua, 473; A curious hill, 473; Rancagua, 473; The Cachapual, 474; 

 The posada at the departmental capital, 474 : Trials of a night, 475 ; Return to the hacienda, 476 ; Travelling Chile fashion, 476. 



CHAPTEE IX. 



PUNISHMENT OF CRIMINALS. 



A murder, 477; Preparations for executing the criminal, 477 ; He is shot, 478; Crime of theft, 478; The Eguaiistas, 478; Their 

 plans, 479 ; Arrest of the leaders, 479 ; Revolutionary plot crushed, 480. 



CHAPTEE X. 



THE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS. 



Celebration on September 17, 481; On the 18th, 481 ; Procession to the cathedral, 481; High mass, 482; Visit to the Presi- 

 dent, 483 ; To the Escuela de Artes y Oficios, 483 ; Illuminations, 484 ; On the 19th, 484 ; The moving crowds, 485 ; The Pam- 

 pilla and its scenes, 485 ; Display on the Canada, 486; On the 20th, 486 ; Encouragement and rewards of merit, 487-i Diversions 

 on the Pampilla, 488 ; Concluding amusements for the populace, 488. 



CHAPTEE XI. 



POLITICAL TROUBLES. 



News of the outbreak at San Felipe, 490; Government measures, 491; Opposition account of the difficulty, 492; Its fruitless 

 result, 495; News of the insurrection at Santiago, April 20, 1851, 495; Colonel Urriola in the plaza, 496; Deliberations at the 

 palace, 496; The insurgent leader takes up a new position, 497; The locality of the conflict, 498; Preparations for action, 498 ; 

 The struggle, 499 ; Fall of Urriola, 499 ; Capture oi cannon by the insurgents, 500 ; Cessation of the contest, 500 ; The killed and 

 wounded, 501; Force engaged on each side, 501; Those interested, 502; The victors vanquished, 502; Fate of the insurgents, 

 502 ; Causes of revolutionary turmoils, 503. 



CHAPTEE XII. 



A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF OUR WORK. 



Astronomy, 506 ; Magnetism and meteorology, 507; Earthquakes, 508 ; Origin of the National Observatory in Chile, 509 ; Con- 

 clusion of our observations, 509; Take leave of the government, 509; Expedition of Lieutenant MacRae, 510; Return home, 

 510; Apologetic conclusion, 511. 



APPENDIX A. 



OBSERVATIONS OF EARTHQUAKES, &c. 



Phenomena observed during all the earthquakes recorded at Santiago from November 2, 1849, to September 12, 1852, inclu- 

 sive, 515; Similar observations for the earthquakes at La Serena from November 8, 1849, to April 2, 1852, 517. Notices of the 

 earthquake of April 2, 1851 From " El Progreso " of that date,, 520 ; From the same J ournal of April 3, 521 ; From " El Mercurio," 



