3:kl CONQRESS, ) HO is I i ol KKl'UESENTATIVES. ( Ex. Doc. 



1st Session. \ { No. 121. 



TJI i: 



U, S, NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION 



THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, 



THE YEARS 1849-'50-'51-'52. 



LIEUT. J. M. GILLISS, SUPERINTENDENT. 



Lieut. ARCHIBALD MACRAE, ) 



Acting Master S. L. PHELPS, > Assistants. 



Captain's Clerk E. R. SMITH, ) 



VOLUME I . 



CHILE: 



ITS GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, EARTHQUAKES, GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL CONDITION, MINERAL AND AGRICUL- 

 TURAL RESOURCES, COMMERCE, Ac, &c. 



BY LIEUT. J. M. GILLISS, A. M., 



MEMBER OP THK AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, THE ACADEMIES FOR PROMOTION OK THE NATURAL SCIENCES AT 

 PHILADELPHIA, LEIPSIG, DANZIG, AND MARBURG (iN HESSE ) J HONORARY MEMBER OF THK FACULTY Of 

 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHILE AND TUB HISTORICAL 

 SOCIETY OF MARYLAND; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL GEOGRA- 

 PHICAL SOCIETY, BERLIN, ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, LEIPSIG, 

 HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NEW YORK, &C., &C., &C. 



WASHINGTON: 



A. O. P. NICHOLSON, PBINTEB. 

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