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3.1. auiLLOTA. 



riiis province is hounded by that of Coq'imbo on the 

 north, on the east h\ Aconciigini, on the south by Me'.ipilla, 

 .;;i(i uu the west by tlie sea. It is luenty-five leajjues in 

 ieiiL'th, and sixteen in breadtii. Its rivers are the Longotonia, 

 i-igua, Aconcagua, and Limache. This district is one of the 

 Jiiosl popidous and the ricliesl in gokl of any in Oiih. Its 

 htinp and honey are mucli esteemed, Tlie capital, Quillota, 

 or St. Martin, is situated in u pleasant valley on the borders 

 of the river Aconcagua, in 32. 56. of latitude, and 304. 20. 

 of longitude. It has a parish, with the churches of St. Do- 

 iiiinick, St. Francis, St. /Vugustine, and a college formerly of the 

 .Jesuits. Ihis province contains also rh^ cities of Piazza, 

 j'hiziila, Ingonio, Casablanca, and Petrorca. This last is very 

 nnpulous, in consequence of the great number of miners who 

 esori tlii'dier lo work in the gold mines in its vicinity, U is 

 situiUed on the river Longotoma, in 31. 30. south latitude, and 

 30,j. longitude. Quillota contains a number of ports, the 

 jnost considerable of which are Papudo, Quintiro I'Erradura, 

 Concon, and Valparaiso. The fou'- tirst are not frequented; 

 Valparaiso, or Valparadiso, the most commercial port of 

 (^Jiiii, IVo/n whence all the trade to Spain and Peru is carried 

 on, is in 32. 2. of latitude, and 304. 11. of longitude. The 

 i.iarbour is very c.ipariou^, aiid so deep tliat ships of the 

 largest si/e can hV, clo-e to the shore. Its convenience for 

 iratlic, and the salubrity of its atmosphere, have re;:ilcred it 

 .t p'a(<' ()[' c(iii>i(lirablc poi)ulation. A governor from Spain 

 )t -lirlr - there, Avho ha-' the commantl in the civil and military 

 (itjKirinuuts, iiud is aniciiablc only to the ])rcsident of Chili. 

 J.i'sides the loilege, which tornierly belonged to the Jesuits, 

 V alp;!rai>o contains a parish clunch and >everal convents of 

 monk'^. I pon the shore which forms the harbour is a well 

 peopled to\M), tlirte uiiios distant I'loni \alpiiraiso, called 



