1829. ISLANDS OF CHILOE. 271 
It is the northernmost of that vast archipelago, which borders 
the coast from latitude 42° south to Cape Horn. 
The province of Childe, one of the eight divisions of the 
Chilian Republic, includes several islands, and extends on 
the main-land, as far as the south bank of the River Maullin;* 
which takes in the districts of Carelmapu and Calbuco. Its 
southern extent is not defined; but as the existence of Chilian 
authority is not known, to the southward of the Chonos Archi- 
pelago, certainly not farther south than the land of Tres 
Montes, the parallel of 47° may be considered its southern 
limit. The country thence, to the Strait of Magalhaens, is 
known by the appellation of Western Patagonia. 
Besides the Isla Grande, as Childe is called, the following 
islands are inhabited :—Achao, or Quinchao, Lemuy, Quehuy, 
Chelin, Linlin, Llignua, Quenac, Meulin, Caguach or Cahua- 
che, Alao, Apiao, Chaulinec, all in front of Castro; the Chau- 
gues Islands, opposite to Tenoun ; Calbuco, Llaichua, Quenu, 
Tabor, Abtao, Chiduapi (on which is the fort) ; Huar in the 
neighbourhood, and district of Calbuco; and, to the South, 
‘Tanqui, to which may be added Caylin, which is also called 
E] fin de la Cristiandad.+ 
Of the above, next to the Isla Grande, the principal are 
Quinchao and Lemuy, both of which are very populous, and 
* Agiieros describes its boundary thus:—It is situated between the 
latitudes 41° 30’ and 44°; from Point Capitanes to Quilan. On the north 
it is bounded by the territories of the Indian tribes Juncos and Rancos, 
which extend to Valdivia; on the N.E. by those of the ancient but 
destroyed city Osorno; on the south by the archipelago of Guaitecas 
and Guaianeco, and others which extend to the Strait of Magalhaens ; 
on the east by the Cordillera; and on the west by the sea. (Agiieros, 
p- 61.) 
+ When the Yntendente, or governor of the province, visited Castro 
for the purpose of taking a census of the population, a family of Indians 
waited upon him to render an account of their property; who, upon being 
asked whence they came, replied, “ Del fin de la Cristiandad.” The name 
being new to the Yntendente, it was explained to him that they belonged 
to Caylin, which was more generally known by the above name, because 
there existed no Christian population beyond, or to the southward of, 
that island, 
