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stantly ply through the principal arteries. Hackney 

 coaches are to be found, and are sometimes indis- 

 pensable, but they are heavy cumbrous vehicles, ill 

 hung on high wheels ; one travels slowly and suffers 

 a severe jolting over ill-paved streets. To say nothing 

 of economy, the tramcar runs smoothly at a brisk 

 pace, is usually clean and commodious, and is generally 

 used by all classes of the population. The main 

 point is to take care not to travel in the opposite 

 direction from that intended ; but here, with the great 

 landmarks of the Andes always in view, it is not easy 

 to go wrong as to the points of the compass. 



To find Dr. Philippi I was directed to a house 

 of modest appearance within the precincts of the 

 Quinta Normal. This establishment is intended to 

 combine the functions of a horticultural garden and 

 a model farm, but the greater part of the grounds 

 appears to be laid out as ornamental pleasure-ground. 

 A large handsome building, originally constructed 

 for a great industrial exhibition, has been turned 

 to good account as a museum of natural history. 

 I was received by Professor Federigo Philippi, who 

 now worthily fills the chair of Natural History in the 

 University of Santiago, from which, after a tenure of 

 many years, his father has retired. Between naturalists 

 none of the ordinary formalities of introduction are 

 required, and cordial relations grow up rapidly. 

 Knowing that Dr. Philippi had already reached an 

 advanced age, I was apprehensive that some infirmity 

 might have chilled the ardour of his interest in 

 science ; but I was agreeably disabused when from an 

 adjoining room the professor called his father to join 



