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CHAPTER XIII. 



LEAVE VALPARAISO — ARRIVE AT LOTA — LONG RIDE LUGO BAY 



ROBLE BUDDLEA — TRACHYPTERUS — TORPEDOS PLANTS 



MARINE ANIMALS QUELS PIURE REACH SAN CARLOS DE 



ANCUD CORMORANTS AND PETRELS EDWARDSIA MICROPHYLLA 



QUEHUY CALCEOLARIA LUZURIAGA. RHINODERMA 



INDIAN INHABITANTS OF QUEHUY GUAYTECAS ISLANDS PORT 



MELINKA CAVE WITH BONES OF CHONOS INDIANS PORT 



LAGUNA PLANTS MYOPOTAMUS — DARWIN CHANNEL ENTER 



THE MESSIER CHANNEL LEBETANTHUS GRAY HARBOUR 



CHILINA PORT GRAPPLER FISH — CURIOUS PLANT — CRANIUM 



OF DEER PUERTO BUENO AMPHIBIA — OXALIS MAGELLANICA — 



FORTUNEBAY— INDIANS — FISH MEET A WHALING SCHOONER 



OTTER ISLANDS WILLIWAWS SHOLL BAY CROSS THE 



STRAIT TO THE ISLAND OF DESOLATION TUESDAY BAY 



CHRISTMAS DAY — PORT CHURRUCA — PORT ANGOSTO — SWALLOW 

 BAY — MEET OUR PROVISION BRIG. 



The montli of October passed without the occurrence of any 

 events meriting a special notice in this place, and early on 

 the evening of the 3d of ISTovember we bid farewell to the 

 Bay of Valparaiso, and began our southerly voyage. The 4th 

 was a fine sunny day, but the wind was unfavourable, oblig- 

 ing US to keep under steam. On the evening of the 5th we 

 reached Lota, and there anchored, and the following morning 

 I landed with Captain Mayne, and had a very pleasant long 

 ride with him into the country beyond the small town or 

 village of Coronel, some miles to the northward of Lota. 

 The day was all that could be desired, and the country was 

 looking most beautiful ; rich in trees and shrubs, and with a 



