ANTLCO VOLCANO, NEAR TALCAHUANO. 



CHAPTER XIV 



San Carlos, Chiloe — Osoino in eruption contemporaneously with Aconcagua and 

 Coseguina — Ride to Cucao — Impenetrable forests — Valdivia — Indians — Earth- 

 quake— Concepcion— Great earthquake— Rocks fissured— Appearance of fhe 

 former town«— The sea black and boiling — Direction of the vibrations— Stones 

 twisted round — Great wave — Permanent elevation of the land — Area of volcanic 

 phenomena— The connection between the elevatory and eruptive forces — Cause 

 of earthquakes^Slow elevation of mountain-chains. 



CHILOE AND CONCEPCION : GREAT EARTHQUAKE 



On January the 15th we sailed from Low's Harbour, and 

 three days afterwards anchored a second time in the bay of 

 S. Carlos in Chiloe. On the night of the 1 9th the volcano of 

 Osorno was in action. At midnight the sentry observed 

 something like a large star, which gradually increased in size 

 till about three o'clock, when it presented a very magnificent 



