CHAPTER X. 
CONTENTS. 
JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR— BrLOCHES— TRAVELLING— CASA BLANCA —GEOLOGICAL 
FORMATION— CURACOVI— HEATH ABOVE THE SEA— CUESTA DE ZAPATA — GUEST A DEL 
PRADA— ROADS— TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS— BEGGARS-PLAIN OF MAYPO— CORDILLE- 
RAS— ST. JAGO — MINT — LIBRARY — AMUSEMENTS — FASHIONS — MARKET — CLIMATE — 
EXCURSION TO THE CORDILLERAS— MOUNTAIN SCENERY-SNOW— GU AN ACOES— HEAT- 
RETURN TO ST. JAGO— MAYPOCHO— JOURNEY TO SAN FELIPE— QUILLOTA— TUPONGATI 
PEAK— DIKES — EVANGELISTO CELIDONO — FARM-HOUSE — CATCHING WILD HORSES — 
RANCHO— ENTERTAINMENT— ARRIVAL AT SAN FELIPE DE ACONCAGUA— MR. NEWMANS- 
MR. CHASE— TOWN OF SAN FELIPE— CHICHA AND AGUARDIENTE— THEIR MANUFACTURE 
-AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS-VISIT THE COPPER MINES-MODES OF WORKING THEM— 
THEIR SITUATION— TRANSPORTATION OF ORES— WAGES— TEMPERANCE REGULATIONS- 
LAKE ON THE HIGH CORDILLERAS— COPPER ORES-RETURN TO SAN FELIPE-KINDNESS 
OF MR. NEWMAN AND LADY— CELIDONO— QUILLOTA— RETURN TO VALPARAISO— EARTH- 
QUAKES— PROTESTANT CHURCH— LIBERALITY OF PRIESTHOOD— ORACION— COMMERCE- 
EXPORTS— IMPORTS— FOREIGN VESSELS— POPULATION— COLLEGES— CONGRESS— IMPROVE- 
MENTS IN PROGRESS— REVENUE— NATIONAL DEBT— CLIMATE— FRUITS— ADMINISTRATION 
— EXECUTIVE — SENATE — HOUSE OF DEPUTIES— MILITIA— ARMY— NAVY— G. G. HOBSON, 
ESQ., U. S. CONSUL — LIEUTENANT CRAVEN — HIS GALLANT CONDUCT— CAPTAIN ISAAC 
M'KEEVER— U. S. SHIP FALMOUTH— FLYING-FISH— GALE— SEA GULL LAST SEEN— HER LOSS 
—PASSED MIDSHIPMAN JAMES W. E. REID— PASSED MIDSHIPMAN FREDERICK A. BACON- 
ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT OF CHILI. 
