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SANTIAGO. 



cities^ it resembles a chess-board^ with the 

 Plaza in the middle^ which contains several 

 architectural buildings, viz._, the mint, a cathe- 

 dral, and some government offices. One side of 

 the square is on arcades, under which is a pro- 

 menade, and shops of all kinds. The houses 

 are built differently from those of Buenos 

 Ayres, having fewer flat roofs, and most of them 

 are tiled. The windows within the patios have 

 ornamental bars, sometimes gilt, which take off 

 from the prison-like appearance of the interior 

 of the courtyard. There is a good stone bridge 

 over the Maypocho, which runs through the 

 town, being the only bridge of stone I have yet 

 seen in South America. 



March 1. Valparaiso. — Before we left San- 

 tiago we had a pleasant dinner-party at Mr. 

 HulFs, to meet Colonel Walpole. My servant 

 started, with mules and luggage, the same even- 



