VI CONTENTS. 



Statistical table, 32; My landlord, 32; Au adventure, 33; Adventures of a Dutch cheese, 33; Indians, 34; Christian captives 

 among them, 34 ; Diftieulty of obtaining information, 34 ; Presents from tliem rather expensive, 35 ; Agricultural productions, 35 ; 

 Ilail-storms, 35 ; Biscachas, 35 ; Locusts, 35; Cliristmas day, 35; Leave the Villa de la Concepcion, 35; Rio Cuarto, 35; 

 Unenclosed eorn-iields, 35 ; Huts of herdsmen, ;55; La Reduccion, 35 ; Sicliuess of one ofthe uiiilea, 3G; Novel cure, 36; Vipers, 

 37; Ostrich's nest, 37; Mosijuitoa, 37; Gluttony of the arriero, 37; Difficulty of obtaining food, 37; Peje Tree station, 37; 

 Almost perfect horizon, 38; Saladillo de Rui Diaz, 38; FortiticatioDS of the Cabeza del Tigre post-house, 39; Rio Tercero, 39; 

 Desmochados, 39 ; Superstition of the people, 39 ; Arrive at Kosario, 40. 



CHAPTER V. 



EOSARIO, AND A VOYAGE TO THE UNITED STATES, AND BACK. 



Description of Eosario, 41 ; Commerce, 41 ; Dangers of the road across the pampa, 4J ; Voyage down the river, 42 : Vessel 

 load of friars, 42; Bird called the "Bieu le Veo," 42; Return to the United States, 43; Obtain permission to retrace my steps, ■ 

 43; Sail for Montevideo, 43; An over-religious fellow-passenger, 43; Arrive iu the Rio de la Plata, 43; Voyage to Rosario, 43; 

 Hampered with a Frenchman, 43; New impressions of Rosario, 43 ; Ditiiculty of obtaining conveyance to Mendoza, 41. 



CHAPTEE VI. 



FROM ROSARIO TO MENDOZA. 



Leave Rosario by post, 45; Post-houses, 45; Armadillos, 46; Saladillo de Rui Diaz, 46: Fraile Muerto, 46; Family of the 

 Comanduute, 46 ; Village school, 47 ; Master of the post at the Arroyo de Sun Jose, 47 ; Violent thunderstorm, and extra- 

 ordinary discharges of electricity, 48; Villa de la Concepcion, 49; The landlord and his companion, 49; Labors of the vessel- 

 load of friars, 49; San Jose, 49; San Luis, 50; Boiling-point apparatus, 50 ; Colonel Baigorri, 511; ElBalde,50; Catch a Tartar, 

 50; Acorocorto, 51 ; My man Don Marcos; 51; The Frenchman's falls accounted for, 52; Arrive iu Mendoza, 52. — RescmE: 

 Nature of the country, 52; Agriculture, 52; Rivers, 53; Canals, 54; Railroad, 54 ; Animals, 54; Birds, 55. 



CHAPTEE VII. 



FROM MENDOZA TO SANTIAGO, AND BACK, BY THE POETILLO PASS, AND RE- 

 TURN HOME. 



Leave Meudoza, 56; Lujan, 56; Singular phenomenon in the valley, 56 ; Tame ostriches, 57; Passports, 57 ; Areuales, 57; 

 Singular water-fowl, 57 ; Vegetation, 58; Eastern portillo, 58; La Olla, 58; Fuel, 58; Valley of the Tunuyan, 59; Fate of a 

 family caught in the valley, 59; Western portillo, 59; Path down, 60; Singular appearance of the head of the valley of the 

 Y'eso, 60; Barrier range, 60; Ladera de San Francisco, 61 ; Rio Maypu, 61 ; Prosperous condition of the country, 61 ; Contrast 

 with the eastern side, 61; San Jose, 61 ; Ride to Santiago, 62; Anotlier characteristic of Chile, 62; Return to San Jose, 62; 

 Snow-storm at the Olla, 62; Lodgings in the mountains, 63; Pass the eastern portillo in a snow-storm, 63; Puna, 63; Invul- 

 nerability of arrieros, 64 ; Arrive at Mendoza, 64; Don Santiago Arcos, 64; Convention of Indians, 64; luformation obtained 

 from them, 64; Colonel Rivarola, 65; Execution of five men, 65; Boiling-point apparatus, 65; Set out for Santiago by the 

 Uspallata pass, 65; Our party, 65; Villavicensio, 65; Uspallata, 65; Specimens of natural history, 65 ; Almost a disaster, 66 ; 

 Cruppers not used, 66 ; Native mountains, 66; Adventure with a snake, 66 ; Goitre, 66; Expenses of the two trips across the 

 mountains, 67 ; The maps, 67 ; Return home, 67 ; Table of distances by the post-road from M cndoza to Rosario, 68 ; Analysis of 

 powder collected on the banks of the river Yeso, 68. 



PAET II.— 0B8E11VATI0NS. 



Description of the methods of observation, 69; Tables showiu_g the latitudes, longitudes, and maguetical elements of each 

 station betweeu Santiago de Chile and Montevideo, 75, 76; Meteorological observations, 76-&2. 



APPENDIX D. 



MINERALS AND MINERAL WATERS OF CHILE. 



BY fllOP. .;. LAWRENCE SMITH. 



General idea of the geoU.gy of Chile: Distiibution of minerals, 85.— Gold : Native gold, 87.— Coppeb : Native copper, 87; 

 Red copper, 88. Capillary red copper, 8b; Atacamite, 88; Copper •glance, =9; Erubescite or purple copper, 89; Copper 

 pyrites, 89; Arsenical grey copper, 90; Mercurial grey copper, 90 ; Autimouial grey copper, 90; Domeykite or arsenical grey 



