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APPJiNDlX. 



ever slightly made, brings the place to mind in an instant, and 

 avoids any necessity for names* or letters. 



No. 40. 

 Nautical Remarks on the Northern Coast of Chile. 



Scarcely any extensive coast less requires particular description 

 than that of Chile. With a tolerable chart, and the lead going, a 

 stranger may saQ into, or out of, almost any Chilian port without hesi- 

 tation. As there are, however, some anchorages and landing-places 

 hitherto little known, except to coasters, it may be useful to give 

 a few notices of them. 



Valparaiso, and the ports southward, have been described so often, 

 that I will not occupy any of these crowded pages with remarks on 

 such well-known places ; although in another publication, strictly 

 nautical, they will appear. 



QuiNTERO, HoRcoN, and Papudo, have no hidden dangers. The two 

 former lie to the southward and northward, respectively, of a strag- 

 gling cluster of black rocks, above water : the first is now little fre- 

 quented, being rather shallow, and out of the way : the second is a 

 summer roadstead, with a good landing-place, and easy communica- 

 tion thence to Puchancavi. Papudo is a small open bay, with a good 

 landing-place. Northerly wdnds throw in a heavy swell. Its situation 

 is pointed out by a high, peaked hill, called Gobernador, immediately 

 over the port. 



Pichidanque, sometimes called Herradura, has a rock near the 

 middle, on which, at low tide, there are but fifteen feet of water : it 

 is in a line between the north end of the little island in front of the 

 harbour, and a gully at the north-east side, through which a river runs 

 from Quilimari, and four cables' lengths from the island. The tide 

 rises five feet, and syzygial high water is at nine. The Silla, over 

 Pichidanque, I have already mentioned Cp. 426). 



Conchali is an exposed roadstead, seldom used but by smugglers. 

 The landing is everywhere bad, excepting in one httle cove at the 

 north side of the bay. 



• Short characteristic names are preferable to letters, or numbers, 

 because thej' help the memory so much. 



