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INDEX. 



Putaendo department, 46, 76. 



river, 26. 



village, 10, 47. 



Puya coarctata (Chatiar), 397, 453,474. 

 Puychue lake, 14, 20. 

 volcano, 14. 



Q. 



Quadria peterophylla (Corylus avellano), 185, 186. 

 Quebrada de las Vegas copper mine, 289. 

 Quebrada Seca copper mine, 283. 

 Quechereguas, 369, 390. 

 Quehuy island, 39. 

 Quellon village, 60. 

 Quenac department, 72, 76. 



village, 73. 

 Quiapo, hills of, 65. 

 Quilimari, port, 47. 

 Quillota or Aconcagua river, 3 r 26, 



city, 50,97, 115,525. 



department, 50, 76. 

 Quinchao department, 72, 76, 



island, 39. 



Quinchilco river, 20. 

 Quintero Tillage, 98. 

 Quirihtte town, 55. 

 Quiriquina island, 1, 29,40, 101, 

 Quiriqnino provinee, 1. 

 Quisco. See Cereus quism. 

 Quito, earthquakes at, 123. 



R. 



Eabeo province, 1. 



Races of men in Lima, 437, 438. 



Santiago, 217. 

 Radiation, power of, 86. 

 Rafael town, 60. 

 Rahue river, 14, 20. 



Railroad from Caldera to Copiap6, 246-248. 

 Callao to Lima, 429. 

 Copiapo to Tres Puntas, 246,248 

 Valparaiso to Santiago, 241 . 

 Rain at Santiago, 19, 79. 

 Ramadillas estate, 249. 

 Rancagua city, 25, 99, 103, 114, 365, 473. 



department, 48, 76. 

 Ranco lake, 14, 15, 20. 

 Ranguili town, 52. 

 Ranquil town, 60. 

 Rapel river, 20, 25, 45. 

 Rastrojos village, 52. 

 Rats, field, 393, 45S>. 

 Raule. See Fagus procera. 

 Receipts and expenses general government, 140. 

 Santiago city, 215. 

 Valparaiso, 240. 

 Recoleto Dominicans, 160. 

 Franciscans, 160. 

 Red snow, 91. 

 Regulus, how formed, 280. 

 eloncavi gulf, 14 



Remuco town, 58. 

 Renca village, 48, 111, 176. 

 Rengo city, 52, 367, 394. 

 Requinua village, 52. 

 Rere city, 60, 104. 



department, 60, 76. 

 Retamo silver mine, 265. 



Revolutions of 1850 and 1851, 310-339, 490-505. 

 Rirnac river, in Peru, 427, 430. 

 Rincon de Tunas copper mine, 283. 

 Rinihue lake, 15. 



volcano, 15. 



Riobamba, earthquake at, 121. 

 Rivers and streams of Chile, 3, 18-27. 

 Roble. See Fagus obliqua. 

 Rodeo, 359. 

 Rota cabeza, 488. 

 Romero silver mine, 283. 

 Rosario silver mine, 265. 

 Rupanco lake. See Llauquihue. 

 Rye, attempt to introduce its cultivation, 353. 



S. 



Sabionday, earthquake at, 121. 

 Sacramento silver mine, 283. 

 Sacred Heart, order of the, 161. 

 Salado copper mine, 283. 

 Salt patches on the Peruvian coast, 442. 

 Salta, in the Argentine territory, 45. 

 Salto de Agua, 460, 461, 468. 

 San Antonio village, 8. 



coppei; mine, 283. 

 silver mine, 282. 

 de las Bodegas, 26, 49, 115. 

 de Bichuquen, 52. 

 del Mar silver mine, 265. 

 San Bartolome de la Serena, 31, 275. 

 ^an Bernardo town, 48, 315, 363. 

 San Carlos city, 34, 35, 60, 72, 90. 

 department, 56, 58, 76. 

 San Cristoval, 176. 



San Felipe city, 10, 11, 46, 47, 99, 115, 288, 296, 315, 529. 

 department, 46, 76. 

 the city founded by Sarmiento, 36. 

 San Fernando city, 14, 52, 392. 



department, 52, 76. 

 volcano, 13,25. 

 San Francisco mountain, 13. 



de Borja hospital, 209. 

 del Monte village, 48. 

 de la Selva, 44. 

 San Isidro village, 9, 45. 

 Sau Jose mountain, 13, 19. 



village, 20, 69. 

 San Juan copper mine, 283. 

 river, 10. 

 Bautista bay, 41. 

 de Dios hospital, 203. 

 San Lorenzo hills, 47. 



mines, 289. 



