CONTENTS. 



CIIAI'Ti:!! IX. 

 VALPARAISO. 



Origin, 224; Iti name, 224 ; Extent,225; Crmuh of tlm rity,220; Plazaa,^: I'ul.lir buildings, 227; Churches, 227 ; Booded 

 warehouses, 228 ; Hoipitali and Almuhousc, 228 ; Want of amusements, 229; Population, 229 ; Table of mortality during ten 

 years, y:tn; Tm.l.- with towns on the coast, 231 ; Foreign commerce, 231 ; Statistics of imports, export*, coasting trade, and 

 n-vniii.-. .''..' : i:\p. n>.s ,,f roll.'riiiis: tlm revenue, 232; Table showing the number of the foreign vessels and the value of imports 

 and exports from 1844 to 1851, liodi \t-nrs inclusive, ',':!:!: How the balance of trade is liquidated, 'j:M ; Product* of the badeodM, 

 j::i ; Product* of tlic miiii'M, 'j:U>; Table showing the value of the several metals exported from }-\:', to 1-V.i, -236; Gold sent to 

 tin- mint dm iny tlio same period, 236; Table showing the principal exports and the value of each, 237; Table showing the prin- 

 cipal imports consumed and the value of each, 238; Possible decrease of trade, 240; Projected railroad to Santiago, 241; Storms 

 in i In- l.ny, 241. 



CHAPTER X. 



A VISIT TO THE PROVINCES OF ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO. 



Depart from Santiago, and embark on board the steamer Bolivia at Valparaiso, 243; Loss of steamer Ecuador, 244; Gambling 

 on board, 244; Port of Copiap6,244; Arrive at Caldera, 245 ; Ancient skeletons, 215 ; Flies and fleas, 245 ; Plutonic rocks, 245; 

 Marine fossils, 246; Origin of the railroad, 246; Leave Caldera for the interior, 248; Appearance of the country, 248; Sterility, 

 249; Copiap6 river, 249; Duat, 250; Dead animals by the road, 250; The city of Copiapo, 250 ; Buildings on the plaza, 250; 

 Hospitals, 250; Schools, 251 ; Education, 251 ; Dwellings, 251 ; People, 252; Their hospitality, 252; Leave for Chanarcillo, 252; 

 Village of Totoralillo, 253; La Angostura, 253; Water, 254; Cuesta de Chanarcillo, 254; Apertures in the hills by the road-side, 

 254; El Bolaco, 254 ; View from the summit, 255 ; Descent of a mine, 255; Magnetical observations, 256 ; Meteorology, 256; 

 Discovery of the mines, 256; Juan Godoi, 256; Juan Callejas, 257; Fate of discoverers, 257 ; Administration of mines, 258; 

 Miners their strength, 259; Pilfering, 259; Receivers of stolen ores, 259 ; Gambling, 259; Geological description of El Bolaco 

 260; Number of mines and their produce, 262; Process of reducing ores, 263; Arquerite, 264; Ores reduced at the Cerillos mills 

 during 1850, 265; Value of the silver exported from the province for each year from 1830 to 1851, 265; The district of Tre 

 Puntas, 266; Prices of the principal articles consumed at the mines, 266; Professional mine-hunters, 267; Discoveries in 1850, 

 267 ; Abandoned mines re-denounced in the same year, 268 ; Lawsuits, 268 ; Mining-board, 268 ; Return to the city of Copiap6, 

 269; Its geographical position, 269 ; Meteorology and an earthquake, 269 ; Start for Caldera,^69; Railroad accident, 270 ; 

 Meteorology at Caldera, 270; Musical fish, 270; Return to Valparaiso, and from thence back to Coquimbo, 271 ; Coquimbo bay, 

 272; Custom-house impositions and frauds, 273 ; Herradura bay, 273; Serena, 274; Topographical view from the terrace, 274 ; 

 The people, 276 ; Education, 276; Occupation, 276 ; Climate, 277 ; Commerce, 278 ; Products,279; Imports and exports in 1850, 

 279; Copper-smelting, 279; Geology of the mining provinces and distribution of metals, 280; Towns of the departments of 

 Freirina and Vallenar, 284 ; Mines of Carriso, 284 ; Agua Amarga, 285 ; Tunas, 285 ; Camerones, 285 ; Arqueros, 286 ; Algodones, 

 287 ; Mines of the province of Aconcagua, 288 ; In the province of Santiago, 288; In the southern provinces, 290; Coal mines of 

 Concepcion, 291 ; Analysis of the coals, 292 ; Other mines in Chile, 293 ; English attempts to work the mines, 293 ; Their failure, 

 293. 



CHAPTER XI. 



MINERAL SPRINGS. 



Apoquindo, 294 ; Colina,296: Topography of the baths, 297 ; Analysis of the waters, 298; Accommodations for visitors, 298 ; 

 A night in the cabins, 299 ; Cauquenes, 300 ; Celebrated for the cure of certain diseases, 300 ; Beautiful location, 300 ; Panimavila, 

 300 ; The only baths known at the level of the great valley, 300 ; Temperature, odor, and mineral ingredients of the water, 300 ; 

 Mondaca, 301 ; Their locality, temperature, and mineral constituents, 301 ; No accommodations, 301 ; Cato, 301 ; Chilian, 302 ; 

 Sulphur baths in a ravine of the Andes, 302; Dwellings, 302; Temperature of the springs, 302; Whole atmosphere impregnated 

 with Milphureted hydrogen, 302; Boiling water beneath a snow-bank, 302; Dona Ana, 303; The only mineral springs resorted 

 to in the northern part of Chile, 303 ; Their lofty position among the Andes, 303 ; Temperature of water, &c., 303 ; Soco, 303 ; 

 Situated near the ocean, also in the province of Coquimbo, 303. 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 1851. 



Preliminary measures of government, 304 ; The candidates, 304; Disorder in the Chamber of Deputies, 334 ; Qualification 

 of voters, 305 ; Judges of the election, 305 ; Political meetings prohibited, 305; Organizations for the purchase of votes, 3(i6; The 

 balloting, 306 ; Prices paid for votes, 307 ; Incidents of the poll, 307; The opposition party dissatisfied, 307 ; Regarded as the most 

 impartial election within twenty years, 307 ; Fraudulent qualifications, 307 ; Number of votes polled throughout the republic, 

 308 ; The result, 308 ; Failure of the opposition deputies to defeat the law, 308 ; Ceremonies on declaring and inaugurating the 

 new President, 309. 



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