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ably caused by the rush of avalanches, are attributed by the Indians to dia- 

 bolical agency. 



Two other still more copious rivers, the Aysen and Huemules, descend from 

 the Cordillera, but are supposed, like the Palena, to have their farthest sources in 



Fig. 165. — Laxes of South Chili and Puerto Montt. 

 1: 1,000,000. 



0to50 

 Fathoms. 



Depths. 



50 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



18 Miles. 



the pampa beyond the mountains, that is, in Argentine territory. The Huemules 

 has been ascended as far as a lateral glacier between pumice walls which are rapidly 

 decomposed by the grinding action of the ice. The debris gets lodged in the 

 crevasses, while a stream of blackish mud escapes from the crystalline mass. 



