TROCHILUS FORFICATUS. 
CHAPTER XII 
Valparaiso—Excursion to the foot of the Andes—Structure of the land—Ascend 
the Bell of Quillota—Shattered masses of greenstone—Immense valleys—Mines 
—State of miners—Santiago—Hot-baths of Cauquenes—Gold-mines—Grind¬ 
ing-mills—Perforated stones—Habits of the Puma—El Turco and Tapacolo— 
Humming-birds. 
CENTRAL CHILE 
July 23 rd .—-The Beagle anchored late at night in the bay of 
Valparaiso, the chief seaport of Chile. When morning came, 
everything appeared delightful. After Tierra del Fuego, the 
climate felt quite delicious—the atmosphere so dry, and the 
heavens so clear and blue with the sun shining brightly, that 
all nature seemed sparkling with life. The view from the 
anchorage is very pretty. The town is built at the very foot 
of a range of hills, about 1600 feet high, and rather steep. 
