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walls, which served to divide their enclosures, still remain. 
From Walter’s account of Anson’s voyage, and the view given 
with it of the commodore’s tent, there is no difficulty in deter- 
mining this valley to be the spot on which his encampment was 
placed. 
The island is now (1830) occupied, or rather rented from 
the governor of Chile for a term of years, by Don Joachim 
Larrain. The establishment consists of a superintendent (mayor- 
domo), there called, ¢ the governor ;? and forty persons, who 
are employed in the seal and cod fishery, and in drying fish 
for the Chilian market. Their dwellings are erected on the flat 
land, at the north side of the bay, where the soil is richer than 
in other parts ; and where it is more sheltered from the squalls, 
which, during strong southerly gales, rush down the valley of 
the Yungue, the situation of the former establishment, with 
great violence. 
The remains of a fort, called San Juan Baptiste, are yet in 
a tolerable state ; and from an inscription on the wall, it appears 
to have been repaired, or completed, in the year 1809. It is 
situated on a rising ground, about one hundred and thirty 
feet above the sea, at the S.W. part of the bay, and over- 
looks the village; there are now no guns mounted, but, with a 
few, it might be made very effective in a short time; and, from 
its situation, would command the bay. 
In the middle of the beach are some ruins of a four-gun 
battery, and there are also traces of a fort at the N.W. end of 
the bay. 
At present, except wild-goats, wild peaches, figs, abundance 
of fish, and excellent fresh water, no refreshments can be pro- 
cured. An establishment of forty persons, with very little to 
do, might naturally be expected to cultivate the land, raise 
vegetables and fruit, and rear poultry and pigs, to supply the 
vessels, which frequently touch here for wood and water; but 
it is not the character of the Chileno to take any trouble, unless 
obliged, although his own comfort and advantage may be 
materially concerned. 
The mayor-domo, however, told me that their attempts to 
