Road from 

 Valparaifo 

 *f . Santiago. 



Zapata 

 Mountain. 



Foaneue 



Cuefta de 

 Prado Mom 

 tain. 



Podaguel 

 $iver t 



A Voyage to 



whom thePrefident muft be reckoned, complain, that the j 

 Trench carry Goods thither, which they fell cheaper than 

 the Shops, and by that means ruin their Trade; fo that 

 I was to take double Precautions/ 



We fet out from Valparaiso on the Eve of All Saints, and 

 pafs'd the great Road of Zapata. I was much amazed the 

 firft Day's Journey, to fee not only that it muft be per- 

 form'd without drawing Bit, but that at Night we muft 

 lie in the open Field, for want of a Houfe, tho r I had 

 been promis'd a good Lodging ; but 1 -was inform'd, that 

 what they call Alojamiento, or Lodging in CM/, only fig- 

 nifies a Place where there is Water and Pafture for the 

 Mules. However, we had pats' d within half a Quarter of 

 a League of Zapata, which is a Hamlet, and the only one 

 there is in 30 Leagues traveling; but it is not theCuftom. 

 of the Country to lie in Houfes. 



The next Morning we pafs'd over the Mountain of Za- 

 pata, which is very high ; and after croffing the Vale of 

 Poangue, where a little River runs, which is dangerous- in 

 Winter rainy Weather, we pafs'd another Mountain more 

 difficult than the former, call'd La Cuefta de Prado, and 

 ■ went to lie at the Defcent on the other fide, on the Banlc 

 of the little River of PcdagueL During thofe two Days, 

 we fcarce faw any Lands tilKdj all the Plains are defart* 

 they are only full of a Sort of Thorny Trees, which make 

 the Roads very incommodious. 



At lengthy on the 20th of Ottober in the Morning, we* 

 arrived at Santiago, which was but four Leagues from our 

 Lodging beyond Podaguel. Thus I reckon'd that it is 

 eight and twenty Leagues from Valparaiso y tho' Herrera* 

 reckons but fourteen.. 



The Vefcription of the City ofS%ntiago r Capital of ChilL 



Sit^atm* '"TT^BE City of Santiago, or S. James the Apoftle, is 

 J[ feated in 33 Degrees 40 Minutes of South Latitude^ 

 at the Weft Foot of the Chain of Mountains cxlWd La Cor~ 



dillera^ 



