SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES, 



ILLU^TItATIVE OF 



THE HISTORY OF CHILI, 



.ifrncfid from an anonymous icork, tntitlcd, A Compendium of the 

 dcoi^raphka!, yalural, anil Civil Jliitori/ of Chili, printed in Bologna, 

 177(i. 



J- HE Spaniards have divided that part of Chili belonging to 

 them, between the Aiide- and the sea, into fourteen provnices, 

 lo whieli may be added tl;c ' rchipelago of Chiloe, tlie islands 

 of Juan Fernandez, anfl ll;e province of Cujo. Each of 

 the>e, excepting Valdiv^a and file islands of Juan Fernandez, 

 is the residence of a jiiefect Culled the Correghlor, who pre- 

 sides over ti.e ci'il and military otiicer.- of liis C-oarlment, 

 and on whom llie Cabikic, ir ir..;:ristrate, is dependant. 

 These provinces, commencing on the side of Peru, are : 



1st. CO PI A ro. 



This piovlncc is bounded on the nortii by tlie deserts of 

 Peru, on the cast by the A.:des, (Ui X'.'C sonl'i by C("|uiiiibo, 

 and on the west bv the Par'fir 0\ ,:\. 't is in ieii^:''! iVoni 

 north to soulli about oue muiu i I .i,;Uc> a. 1 . u. ivth 

 from cast to west foitv-four. Ii i wueiid I,;, i' ^'. ri'crs 

 Salado, Copi;ip(, troni whence n de;!>es ; i/anie, i\: i'g'io, 

 Totoral, Queb;,i(h;j)(>ii(i;i, (jlua-ro, -vjd C i(.,i<u. \^ ;:';(. ;h is 

 witii ;;ol(l, lapis ' i/tiii, sulpli..i, ' ! ; ^iie -; i!, \',hich. is 1 .and 

 in alnunt all the iiioiiiil.'ius iK.t, tein..nate ii o uii ea.-t its 

 capital, ol' the same uanK, is mIu;;! i ipji. lu vivcr (.'.' :a;'0, 

 in I'O". deg. 5u. mil), S, latitude, and jUj, J. W. luugiiude. 



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