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TROCHILLS FOKFICATUS. 



CHAPTER XII 



A^alparaiso — Excursion to the foot of the Andes — Structure of the land — Ascend 

 the Bell of Quillota — Shattered masses of greenstone — Immense valleys — !Mines 

 — State of miners — Santiago — Hot-baths of Cauquenes — Gold-mines — Grind- 

 ing-mills — Perforated stones — Habits of the Puma — El Turco and Tapacolo — 

 Humming-birds. 



CENTRAL CHILE 



////_]' 2yd. — The Beagle anchored late at night in the bay of 

 \'alparaiso, the chief seaport of Chile. \\'lien morning came, 

 c\er)'thing appeared dehghtful. After Ticrra del Fuego, the 

 climate felt quite delicious — the atmosphere so dr)-, and the 

 heavens so clear and blue with the sun shining brighth-, that 

 all nature seemed sparkling \\ith life. The view from the 

 anchorage is \(txy prett}-. The town is built at the x&xy foot 

 of a range of hills, about 1600 feet high, and rather steep 



