viii CONTENTS. 



ORANGE HARBOUR-GALE— ACCIDENT TO ROYAL HOPE— PHOSPHORESCENCE OF SEA 

 —WHALE SHIP-ARRIVAL OF PEACOCK AT VALPARAISO-FIND THE RELIEF— LIEU 

 TENANT-COMMANDANT LONGS INSTRUCTIONS — DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED — 

 GALE— TOWER ROCKS— ANCHOR UNDER NOIR ISLAND-DANGEROUS POSITION— LOSS 

 OF ANCHORS— AWFUL NIGHT— PART CABLES— NARROW ESCAPE— CONDUCT OF COM- 

 MANDANT AND OFFICERS-COUNCIL— DETERMINATION OF IT— PROCEED TO VALPA- 

 RAISO-ARRIVAL OFF THE PORT— COMMANDANT LOCKE, H. B. M. SHIP FLY— RELIEF 

 ANCHORS— ARRIVAL OF FLYING-FISH AT ORANGE HARBOUR— PREPARATIONS FOR 

 DEPARTURE— WINDS— TEMPERATURE— BAROMETRICAL RANGE-CLIMATE-ANIMALS 

 —WOLF— BIRDS-ORANGE HARBOUR— VINCENNES AND PORPOISE TAKE THEIR DE- 

 PARTURE— SEA-GULL AND FLYING-FISH TO AWAIT THE RELIEF— ANCHOR IN SCA- 

 PENHAM BAY— GALE-ORANGE BAY— FINAL DEPARTURE — VINCENNES AND POR- 

 POISE PART COMPANY-ALBATROSS— DYSENTERY — ISLAND OF MOCHA— TRADE 

 WINDS— VINCENNES' ARRIVAL AT VALPARAISO— ARRIVAL OF PORPOISE AND FLY- 

 ING-FISH-HEAVY GALE-SEA-GULL LAST SEEN-WHALER. 149-161 



CHAPTER IX. 



APPROACH THE COAST— CORDILLERAS— VISIT TO AUTHORITIES OF VALPARAISO — 

 LANDING OF INSTRUMENTS— CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICERS— MR. COOD— OBSERVATORY— 

 G. G. HOBSON, ESQ.— NORTHERS— PERCEPTIBLE CHANGE IN THE BAY— VALPARAISO 

 —DESCRIPTION OF IT— ITS ORDER AND GOVERNMENT— TRAIT OF CHILIANS— POLICE 

 —THEIR SIGNAL-SHOPS-AMUSEMENTS— CHINGANO-DANCES— SAMACUECA— HIGHER 

 CLASSES— DRESS— TASTE FOR MUSIC-FONDNESS FOR FLOWERS-GENERAL PRIETO 

 —HONOURS PAID HIM— BALL-DESCRIPTION OF IT 165-173 



CHAPTER X. 



JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR-BILOCHES-TRAVELLING— CASA BLANCA— GEOLOGI- 

 CAL FORMATION— CURACOVI — HEATH ABOVE THE SEA — CUESTA DE ZAPATA — 

 CUESTA DEL PRADA — ROADS — TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS — BEGGARS — PLAIN OF 

 MAYPO — CORDILLERAS — ST. J AGO — MINT — LIBRARY — AMUSEMENTS — FASHIONS- 

 MARKET— CLIMATE— EXCURSION TO THE CORDILLERAS — MOUNTAIN SCENERY- 

 SNOW— GUANACOES-HEAT— RETURN TO ST. JAGO-MAYPOCHO-JOURNEY TO SAN 

 FELIPE— QUILLOTA — TUPONG ATI PEAK — DIKES — EVANGELISTO CELIDONO— FARM- 

 HOUSE— CATCHING WILD HORSES-RANCHO— ENTERTAINMENT-ARRIVAL AT SAN 

 FELIPE DE ACONCAGUA— MR. NEWMAN'S— MR. CHASE— TOWN OF SAN FELIPE — 

 CHICHA AND AGUARDIENTE— THEIR MANUFACTURE— AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS 



