APPENDIX. 



No. I. 



Account of the Archipelago of Chiloh, extracted chiefly from 

 the Descripcion Histortal of that Province^ ly P. F. 

 Pedro Gonzalez de Agueros. Madrid^ 17yi. ' 



A HE Province and Archipelago of Chiloe extends from 

 point Capitanes to Quilan, from latitude 41. 30. south to 44. 

 Longitude from the meridian of Teneriffe 302. to 303. 25. 

 On the north it is bounded by the continent, where the Juncos 

 and Rancos, two unconverted nations, possess the country to- 

 wards Valdivia, to the north-east by the district of Osorno, a 

 city no longer in existence, south by the Archipelago of Guai- 

 tecas, east by the Cordillera, which separates it from Pata- 

 gonia, and west by the Pacific Ocean. The inhabited part 

 of the province extends from Maullin to Huilad, comprising 

 forty leagues of latitude, and fiom 18. to 20. of longitude, 

 and consisting of twenty-five islands. Isla Grande, Achao, 

 Lemui, Quegui, Chelin, Tanqui, Linlin, Llignua, Quenac, 

 Meulin, Caguach, Alau, Apedu, Chaulin^c, Vuta'Chauquis, 

 Anigue, Chegnidu, Caucague, Calhuco, Llaicha, Quenu,Talon, 

 Ahtau, Chiduapi, and Kuar, 



Isla Grande, being as its name imports the largest of these 

 islands, is tiie most populous, and the seat of government. 

 Castro, its capital, and tho only city in the province, was 



