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dy will remain, even in this fertile and beautiful 

 country, in such times as the present.'' The cor- 

 rect feeling which this rude peasant displayed for 

 the natural beauties of his native spot was very 

 remarkable, for he was never tired of expatiating 

 on the picturesque graces of the landscape ; and 

 , was perpetually calling our attention, as we walk- 

 ed along, to some new and more pleasing aspect 

 which the scenery had assumed. He was so much 

 delighted with our admiration of his country, that 

 he forgot, in our praises of its beauty, the cala- 

 mities under which it was labouring ; and having, 

 probably, rarely met with such sympathy before, 

 he scarcely knew how to thank us for our compa- 

 nionship in sentiment. 



The natives of the southern provinces of Chili 

 have always been described as a bold and hardy 

 race of men ; but they are not so warlike as their 

 southern neighbours, the Indians of Arauco, 

 who, though often conquered in single battles, 

 were never completely subdued by the Spaniard;^, 

 Whenever a judicious president happened to be 

 at the head of the government of Chili, a treaty 

 was generally entered into between that state and 



