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SANTIAGO. 



inferior to that of Mendoza. The Chile vinegar 

 is extracted from a particular grape. The soil is 

 everywhere excellent. In the neighbourhood 

 of Santiago^ immediately beneath its rich soil^ 

 lies a substratum of shingles varying from 

 eighteen to forty feet deep^ through which the 

 springs of water rise^ penetrate from below^ 

 and perhaps cause the prodigious crops of 

 wheat. The greatest extent of ground is let 

 out for cattle-farms^ and in some districts fine 

 land may be obtained at a dollar per acre. The 

 horses are excellent and generally well broken^ 

 and more docile than in Buenos Ayres. 



Mining is the branch of industry for which 

 Chile is most celebrated. Far in the interior^ 

 such rich veins of silver^ as well as of copper^ 

 have been recently discovered^ that they must 

 form a source of considerable profit^ as soon 

 as the government is sufficiently settled to 



