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spit, with several hummocks on it, and surrounded by rocks and 

 breakers to the distance of a quarter of a mile. N. 21° W., nine 

 miles and a quarter, is Point Rincon, having a large white rock oiF 

 it; between these two points, in the latitude of 25.02 S., lies the 

 village of Paposo, the most northern village on the coast of ChUe. 

 This is a miserable place, containing about 200 inhabitants, under 

 an Alcalde ; the huts are scattered, and difficult to distinguish, from 

 their being the same colour as the hills at the back of them. Ves- 

 sels touch here occasionally for dried fish and copper ore : the 

 former plentiful but the latter scarce. The mines he in a S.E. direc- 

 tion, seven or eight leagues distant : but are very httle worked. 

 Wood and water may be obtained on reasonable terms; the water is 

 brought from wells two miles off, and is difficult to embark. Vessels 

 bound for this place should run in on a parallel of 25.05., and 

 when at the distance of two or three leagues, the white islet off 

 Point Rincon will appear, and shortly after the low white head of 

 Paposo. The course should be immediately shaped for the latter ; for 

 with that head hearings. S.E. , distant half a mile, is the anchorage, in 

 from fourteen to twenty fathoms, sand and broken shells. Should the 

 weather be clear (which is seldom the case), a rornid hiU, higher than 

 the surrounding ones, and immediately over the village, is also a 

 good guide. 



North twenty-three degrees west from Point Grande, at the dis- 

 tance of twenty-three miles, is Point Plata, similar in every respect 

 to Point Grande, terminating in a low spit, off which he several 

 small rocks, forming a bay on the northern side, with from seventeen 

 to seven fathoms water ; rocky, uneven ground. 



From this point to Point Jara, which hes north ten degrees west, 

 fifty-two miles, the coast runs in nearly a direct line, a steep, rocky 

 shore, surmounted with hills, from 2,000 to 2,500 feet high, and 

 without any visible shelter, even for a boat. 



Point Jara is a steep, rocky point, with a rounded summit, and 

 has on its northern side a snug cove for small craft; it is visited 

 occasionally by sealing vessels, who leave their boats to seal in the 

 vicinity. Water is left with them ; and for fuel they use the kelp, 

 which grows in great quantity, as neither of these necessaries of life 

 are to be had within twentj'-five leagues on either side ofthem. 



Nearly four miles due north from this point is the south point of 

 the large bay of Moreno, or Playa brava, high and rocky, with a 



