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Indies would be more profitable to the Chiliam 

 than any other, as their most valuable articles 

 have either become scarce, or are not produced 

 in that wealthy part of Asia, and the passage, in 

 consequence of the prevalence of the south 

 winds in the Pacific, would be easy and expe- 

 ditious. No money is coined or has currency ia 

 Chili except gold and silver, a circumstance 

 very embarrassing to the internal traffic. Their 

 smallest silver coin is one-sixteenth of a dollar, 

 and their weights and measures are the same as 

 l^re used in Madrid. 



KO OF THE HISTORY 



