Since writing that Appendix, I have
seen in North Wales (London Phil. Mag., vol. xxi. p. 180)
the adjoining action of glaciers and floating icebergs.
CHAPTER XII
CENTRAL CHILE
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 -
Grinding-mills - Perforated Stones - Habits of the Puma - El
Turco and Tapacolo - Humming-birds.
JULY 23rd. - 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. From its position, it consists of one
long, straggling street, which runs parallel to the beach,
and wherever a ravine comes down, the houses are piled up on
each side of it.
