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WHAT MR. DARWIN SAW. 



CHILE. 



long straggling street, which runs parallel to the beach, and 

 wherever a ravine comes down the houses are piled up on 

 each side of it. The rounded hills, being only partially pro- 

 tected by a very scanty vegetation, are worn into numberless 

 little gullies, which expose a singularly bright red soil. From 

 this cause, and from the low whitewashed houses with tile 



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roofs, the view reminded me of Santa Cruz in Teneriffe. In 

 a north-easterly direction there are some fine glimpses of 

 the Andes, but these mountains appear much grander when 

 viewed from the neighboring hills: the great distance at 

 which they are situated can then more readily be perceived. 

 The volcano of Aconcagua is particularly magnificent; its 

 height is no less than twenty-three thousand feet 



