QUILL OTA. 



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CHILE. 



QTJILLOTA. 



WHOEVER called Valparaiso the " Valley of Paradise n 

 must have been thinking of Quillota. Any one who had 

 seen only the country near Valparaiso would never have im- 

 agined that there had been such picturesque spots in Chile. 



ORANGE-GROVES. 



As soon as we reached the brow of the sierra the valley of 

 Quillota was immediately under our feet: very broad and 

 quite flat, and easily irrigated in all parts. The little square 

 gardens are crowded with orange and olive trees, and every 

 sort of vegetable. On each side huge bare mountains rise, and 

 the contrast renders the patchwork valley the more pleasing. 



