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Juan Fernandez, in latitude 33 49*, longitude 80 53'. Though smaller, it is quite as lofty 

 as the latter island, and, like it, is covered with trees, through avenues in which, rivulets of 

 water, may be seen pouring to the sea. There is a sort of hank on the north side ; but it is so 

 steep, and the water is so deep over it, that there is no safe anchorage for vessels, and no 

 attempt has been made to colonize it. Padre Guzman says there are multitudes of wild goats 

 upon it. 



Los Pajaros, or Tres Coquimbanas desiertas, are low rocky islets, lying about 12 miles from 

 the coast, in latitude 29 34', of which the northernmost is much the smallest. As their names 

 import, they are deserts, resorted to only by sea-fowl. To the northward there are two or 

 three others, of still less extent, but they are of no value whatever : these are the Chores, 

 three islands in latitude 29 16', of which the longest is two miles long ; and Chafieral, an 

 island of nearly similar size, in latitude 29 01'. There was an American sealing schooner 

 lost here a few years ago, from a norther coming on whilst she was at anchor in the bay on its 

 north side. 



