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Paradise," must have been thir.kir.j of Ouillo:.^ \\ e croised 

 over to the Hacienda ce Sar. Ifidro. situared a: tr.e ver\- toot 

 of the Bell Mountain. 



Chile, as may be seen in tr.e maps, is a narrow strip ol 

 land ber.veen the Cordiiiera and the Pacinc : and th.s stnp is 

 itself traversed b\- several mountain-lines, which in this part 

 run 3iralie'. to the i:rreat ran^^e- Bet^veen these outer lines and 

 the rr.a:r: Cordiiiera, a succession <:^\ leve! basins, generaliy 

 ocenin^ into each other bv narrow passages, extend tar to the 





southward : in these the C'-ncipai to'.vns are situated, as San 

 Fe'.i'e. 5;.ntia^:. San Fernando. These basins cr plains, 

 tc>gether witii the t.-ansver;e nat vaiieys '.ike that of Oui''.cta) 

 which connect them with the coast, I have no doubt are the 

 bottoms ot ancient in'.ets and c.^^-^ bays, such as at th.e present 

 day intersect ever;." part of Tierra de! Fuejo and the uestem 

 coast. Chiie must formerly have resem.bled the latter ccuntiy 

 in the conngiiration of it5 land and water. The resemblance 

 was occasionally shov-n strikingly when a leve! leg- bank 

 covered, as with a mantle, a'! the lower parts of the ccur;tr\- ; 

 the white vapcur curling into the ravines, beautituliy represented 



