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Guara, and the Valleys della Barranca, Sape, and Patevilca under- 

 went the same fate as the city of Lima, 



The inundation at Penco (Conception) in 1730, Is mentioned by 

 Ulloa and Molina*; and on the 6th of May 1 75 I , that city was totally 

 destroyed by a similar visitation. This earthquake was felt at the 

 Island of Juan Fernandez, where the sea overwhelmed the houses 

 along the shore. 



Mr. Parish notices the earthquakes at Arequipa in 1582, and at 

 Lima in 1697, 1699, 1716, 1725, 1732, 1734, and 1745, butno men- 

 tion is made of any irruption of the sea ; he also alludes to the effects 

 of the earthquake at Valparaiso in 1822, and at Conception in 1835. 



* The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, translated from 

 the Italian of the Abbe Ignatius Molina ^ London, 1809. 



