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abounds with wood, water^ cattle^ goats, and 

 pasturage. Lord Anson, in his voyage^ speaks 

 of it as a little paradise^ and made it his prin- 

 cipal rendezvous. The Chilian government for- 

 merly sent their convicts there; but withdrew 

 them in 1819, since which time it has remained 

 uninhabited, as the government shows no dispo- 

 sition to grant its protection to any one who 

 might undertake to settle there. 



The sight of this island naturally brought 

 Robinson Crusoe to our remembrance, and led to 

 a conversation on the subject^ when the captain of 

 the packet gave me a most interesting account of 

 two brothers attempting to settle on the island of 

 Mocha, a little further to the southward, in lat. 

 38^ 30' S. long. 74P W., and nearly opposite the 

 coast of Valdivia, which I think equally as in- 

 teresting ; and from being founded on facts^ and 

 the parties well known in Chili to this day, I 

 shall here give it, just as it was related to me. 



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