Till 



Clavisrero^ in his History of Mexico, in referring 

 in a note to that of Chili, mentions it in the 

 most respectable terms, and calls the author his 

 learned friend. 



In rendering' this work into English, reference 

 has been had both to the French and Spanish 

 versions, which contain some valuable additional 

 notes. Through the politeness of a gentleman of 

 his acquaintance, the translator has also been 

 furnislied with an anonymous compendium of 

 the History of Chili, printed in Bologna, in 

 1776, from which the supplementary notes to 

 this volume are taken. 



In addition to what is said above, the English 

 Editor has to stale, that he has, from documents 

 in his pv)sse-sion, added a few occasional Notes, 

 which .are distinguished by the letters E. E. 

 He has also subjoined, from F .Ikner's Descrip- 

 tion of Patagonia, a further elucidation of the 

 language of the Auracanos; and two Appendixes, 

 the iirst containing an Account of the Archi- 

 pelago of Chiloe, from the Descripcion Histo- 

 rial o^ that Province, by P. F. Pedro Gonzalez 

 de Agucros, printed at Madrid, in 1791 ; and 

 the second, an Account of the Native Tribes who 

 inhabit ihe Southern Extremity of South Ame- 

 rica, extracted chiefly from Falkner's work. 



