54 SPOUTING ADVENTURES 



who from them framed the romance of Robinson 

 Crusoe. 



Juan Fernandez is one of the most beautiful 

 islands in the Pacific : it was discovered by a 

 Spaniard of that name in the year 1563, and 

 the goats which abound in such numbers were 

 then introduced. The island was afterwards 

 used by Lord Anson to recruit his scurvy- 

 stricken crew, and subsequently as a convict 

 settlement by the Chilian government. A 

 few people only live there now to look after 

 the interests of Senor Lopes, and to supply 

 the whalers, which occasionally call, with water 

 and provisions. 



The climate is delightful, though somewhat 

 moist, and owing to the high land very heavy 

 squalls are of common occurrence ; the anchor- 

 age is safe except during the season for Northers 

 at Valparaiso, and ships lie within a cable's 

 length of the beach. 



There is first-rate sea-fishing in the bay and 

 neighbourhood, and any quantity of cray-fish 

 can be caught. On shore there are many kinds 



