ANTUCO VOLCANO, NEAR TALCAHUANO. 
CHAPTER XIV 
San Carlos, Chiloe — Osorno in eruption contemporaneously with Aconcagua and 
Coseguina—Ride to Cucao—Impenetrable forests—Valdivia—Indians—Earth¬ 
quake—Concepcion—Great earthquake-—Rocks fissured—Appearance of the 
former towns—The sea black and boiling—Direction of the vibrations—Stones 
twisted round—Great wave—Permanent elevation of the land—Area of volcanic 
phenomena—The connection between the elevatory and eruptive forces—Cause 
of earthquakes—Slow elevation of mountain-chains. 
CHILOE AND CONCEPCION : GREAT EARTHQUAKE 
On January the 15th we sailed from Low’s Harbour, and 
three days afterwards anchored a second time in the bay of 
S. Carlos in Chiloe. O11 the night of the 19th the volcano of 
Osorno was in action. At midnight the sentry observed 
something like a large star, which gradually increased in size 
till about three o’clock, when it presented a very magnificent 
