CUSTOMS GUARD HOUSE, VALPARAISO* CHILI. 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Society Islands to Juan Fernandez and Valparaiso (Chili). 
Leave Tahiti — Parting scenes — Westerly winds — Sounding and 
trawling — Juan Fernandez in sight — Picturesque scenery — 
Eobinson Crusoe — Anchor in Cumberland Bay — The tablet at 
Crusoe’s look-out — The Settlement past and present — Leave 
Juan Fernandez — The run to Valparaiso — Arrival and anchor 
off the city — The city and harbour — Swinging ship for magnetic 
corrections. 
Oct. 3rd. — This morning steamed out clear of the 
reefs, and so had the parting view of Tahiti. The 
breeze freshened in our favour, and steam was dis- 
pensed with. When a good offing had been made, a 
course was shaped south-east, and beautiful Tahiti, 
with its imposing and irregular outline of hills and 
