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SANTIAGO, 



CHAPTER III. 



SANTIAGO. 



Santiago — View of the town from an eminence — Public 

 promenade — Prejudices about dress— The Plaza — 

 Sporting priests — Bull-baiting and cock-fighting — 

 Amusements of the fair sex — The theatre — Great 

 earthquake — Destruction of several towns — Its ter- 

 rible effects — Description of Santiago — Commerce — 

 Chile mines — Anecdotes of discovering silver — Steam 

 communication — Canal through the Isthmus— Valpa- 

 raiso — Luxurious fare — A barbarous murder, and pro- 

 vidential detection of the murderers — Forest trees — 

 Church made out of one tree — Arrival at Valparaiso. 



Feb. 24. — I mounted up Santa Lucia^ a hill 

 in the middle of the town^ which has a fort on 



