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though I can say of her without endangering my con- 

 science—she was pretty. My meeting with her in the 

 ruins of Mansera was of short duration but nevertheless 

 romantic, if not adventurous. 



The Indians are easily distinguished from the Chile- 

 ans, and they are mostly to be found among the work- 

 ingmen. They belong to the nation of the Araucans, 

 are of small stature, reddish-brown; their faces are flat 

 and homely, and their hair is straight and black, hang- 

 ing disorderly upon the shoulders. Their garments do 

 not differ much from the others. 



The houses in Corral are all built of wood, except the 

 halls of the fort, which are of adobe brick, but like 

 everything here— lacking in cleanliness. One generally 

 steps from the street right into the sitting room, which 

 in many instances is only partly floored. Windows are 

 only found in two houses, Asenco's being one of them. 

 Even the more pretentious ones have a very plain selec- 

 tion of furniture and rarely anything but tables and 

 chairs; cupboards, dressers, bureaus and the like are 

 nowhere in sight. One-half of the room, nearest to the 

 window, has a more or less elegant carpet, reserved for 

 the women, who cower upon it all day without the least 

 occupation, unless it be to keep the fire going in cold 

 weather. 



Alongside of our vessel is anchored the bark "Joven 

 Julia" from Valparaiso, whose captain, Rickmess, a 

 native of Hamburg, visited us quite often. "Whenever 

 we went on an excursion he would go with us; and the 

 remembrance of this kind old man will not be effaced as 

 long as I live. 



Whenever there was an opportunity I inquired about 

 conditions in Chile, and especially in regard to foreign 

 settlers and shall complete, my investigation as I go 

 along. 



On Friday, October the 17th, we received on board 

 eight new passengers for Valparaiso, three of whom 

 went in the steerage, the others being cabin passengers. 

 Among the latter was a Chilean artillery captain, a for- 



