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gerous schemes, by painting to them in seducing 

 colours the happy prospect that awaited them. 



Valdivia h^d often heard in Peru that the 

 valley of Quillota abounded in mines of gold, 

 and imagined that he might obtain from thence 

 a sufficient quantity to satisfy his soldiers. In 

 consequence, notwithstanding the difficulti^ 

 nVith >)^hith he Was suttotiiided, he stni thither 

 a detachnient of ttOops, with orders to SUJ)er- 

 intend thfe digging of thi precidus taetal. 'the 

 Jnine that \Vas bpfeiiied was !so tic^ that its {)r&duct 

 fetirpassfed iheit hiost sanguine hopes. Their 

 prfefeettl and past siifJfeHrijgS weire all biirM in 

 oblivion, noF was therfe ohe attlbiig thfeia who 

 had the remotest wish of quitting the country. 

 The governdr> who wa^ naturally e&tferptifeiiigi 

 ertcouraged by this success, had a frigate built 

 in the mouth of the river Chile, which ttaVerseis 

 tlie valley, in order more tfeadily to obtaift itic* 

 cours from Peru, without \vhich> hfe Was full}' 

 ensiblc> he could not succeed in acCoinpUishiftl; 

 his vast undertakings. 



