ANTLCO VOLCANO, NEAR TALCAHUANO. 



CHAPTER XIV 



San Carlos, Chiloe — Osorno in eruption contemporaneously with Aconcagua and 

 Coseguina — Ride to Cucao — Impenetrable forests — Valdivia — Indians — Earth- 

 quake — Concepcion — Great earthquake — Rocks fissured — Appearance of the 

 former towns — The sea black and boiling — Direction of the vibrations — Stones 

 twisted round — Great wave — Permanent elevation of the land — Area of volcanic 

 phenomena — The connection between the elevatory and eruptive forces — Cause 

 of earthquakes — Slow elevation of mountain-chains. 



CHILOE AND CONCEPCION : GREAT EARTHOUAKE- 



On January the 1 5th we sailed from Lou's Harbour, and 

 three days afterwards anchored a second time in the bay of 

 S. Carlos in Chiloe. On the night of the 19th the volcano of 

 Osorno was in action. At midnight the sentry obser\-ed 

 something like a large star, which gradually increased in size 

 till about three o'clock, when it presented a very magnificent 



