Chili properly called, or that part \v hicli is 

 situated between the Andes and the sea, is at 

 least 120 miles in breadth : It is coninionly di- 

 vided into two equal parts, that is, the maritime 

 country, and the midland country ; the maritime 

 country is intersected by three chains of moun- 

 tains, running parallel to the Andes, between 

 which are numerous vallevs watered bv d(^li2ht- 



Easter Island) irmch celebrated for the great number of sta- 

 tues nliicli tlie natives have erected in various parts of it, 

 either as ornaments, or, what is more probable, as tutelary 

 divinities. The two first, which are desert, are distant 20O 

 .leagues from the coast of Chili, and are situated in 26 deg. 

 27 ruin, south latitude; but that of l'asf{ua, wl'.ich is probably 

 the same with Davis's land, and is in 2? deg. and 5 miu. south 

 latitude, and about the 26"8lh deg. of longitude, is (iO leagues 

 distant from that coast. This inland is but a little more than 

 five leagues in extent, and its inhal)itants, who do not exceed 

 800, are whiter than most of the Indians, and permit their 

 beards to grow, 'the statues that are nu!t with ihroughout 

 the island are very nunu'iouSj and of various sizes ; some of 

 tlit'in heiiig 27 feet in height, ;nid others not exceeding that 

 of a nsan. 'I'o the sight and tourli ihev apjjear liki- stone ; 

 bat as they are all of a singh-: jiiece, and there are no (juanies 

 on tlie isl;;nd c;!])able of iurnishii:g stones of that size, it is pro- 

 bable that ihey are formetl of some kind of phiister or cement 

 that, when <iry, iissumes tlie consistency and colour of stone. 

 Tfie Dutch admiral, rio;rgewein, who was the tirst that visited 

 this ishmd, in the year 17 22, ^;ty, that these statues were 

 wrouL'lit witli nnicii skill. Don I'liilip (jonsalez, connnander 

 of (i^e s!):j) (;f war llosiilia, who was there in the year 17/0, 

 and C.iptaiii (^ook, in 'danh, 177 1, boL\!i agree with Ilogge- 

 wviii as respects the niuiJicr ai:(! size of these statues. 



