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give battle on a field chosen by themselves, and thus gained the first great victory 

 over the Royalists which brought about the independence of Chili. 



The pass which is followed by nearly all travellers, and which is to be crossed 



Fig. If' 6. — Aconcagua and La Cumbee. 

 Scale 1 : 450,000. 



70°2n' 



West or breenwich 



12 Miles. 



by a railway before the end of the century, lies south of Aconcagua, but bears no 

 special name, being simply called the Cumbre, or " Summit." It, however, 

 occasionally takes the name of the Argentine town of Uspallata, and is also some- 



