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Avhose note has some resemblance lu the word 

 Chili, And it is not improbable^ that the lirst 

 tribes^ who settled there^, considered this note as 

 a good omen^ and named the country accord- 

 ingly.* 



Sect. III. .Xativral Dizisions. Chili natural- 

 ly divides itself into three parts,, the first com- 

 prehending the islands ; the second. Chili pro- 

 perly called ; and the third, the Andes, or the 

 country occupied by that range of mountains. 

 The islands that belong to Chili are : the three 

 Coquinibanes, Mugillon, Totoral, and Pajaro. 

 These islands are desert ; and are said to be six 

 or eight miles in circumference. 



The two islands of Juan Fernandez ; one of 

 f.hese known by the name of Isola di Terra (the 

 shore-island) from its being the nearest to the 

 continent, is about 42 miles in circumference. 

 Lord Anson, who remained there some time, 

 describes it as a terrestial paradise ; it is at pre- 



* Tiie colonists who went from llie southern part of Chili 

 to settle the Archipelago of Chiloe, an euliiiratiol) thut took 

 place sonic ages prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, called 

 those islands Chil-bue, which signifies a district or j)rovince of 

 Chili, iniluenced, undoubtedly, by the desire of preserving 

 the memory of their origuial country ; and all the Chilians, 

 those wl'.o liave continued free as well as the subjugated, call 

 their country Chili-niapu, that is, the land of Chili, and it:- 

 language Chrh-dugu, the language of Chili. 



