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thermometer at sea this day stood at 50° ; in 

 Valparaiso Bay it rose up to 75° in the shade. 



Slight directions for running into Valparaiso 



Bay. 



To enter V alparaiso from the month of Au- 

 gust till April, it is most advisable to make the 

 land to the southward of the port. The first 

 thing to make sure of, is the latitude, as any 

 marks are difficult to distinguish, even by per- 

 sons who are well acquainted with the port, 

 the mountains assuming so many different forms 

 from their different bearings. The White Rock 

 is easily known, standing prominent from the 

 beach, about fifteen miles to the southward of 

 Corramilla Point. This last has some high 

 peaked rocks off it, and is itself of a round hil- 

 lock-like form. On rounding it, Valparaiso 

 Point is easily distinguished to the E. N. E. all 

 clear, only a rock above water, which will be 

 seen on rounding into the bay, where the ship- 



