MR. BARRAUD.  “Most certainly, as you will agree when you hear what I have to say.  It lies near the south coast of Chili:  its length is 120 miles, average breadth 40 miles.  It is mountainous and covered with cedar, which is exported in great quantities to Peru and Chili.  The climate is healthy, but damp, as it rains ten months out of the year.  Money is here almost unknown, and traffic is conducted by barter, or payment in indigo, tea, salt, or Cayenne pepper.  All these articles are much valued, particularly the indigo for dyeing woollens, for the weaving of which there is a loom in every house.  According to Captain Blankley, the golden age would seem to be revived in this part of the world.  ‘Murders,’ says he, ’robbery, or persons being in debt, are never heard of:  drunkenness is only known or seen when European vessels are in port:  not a private dwelling in the towns or country has a lock on the doors, and the prison is in disuse.’  The inhabitants are cheerful, and passionately fond of music and dancing.”

EMMA.  “I think we had better remain at Chiloe:  it must be a delightful place to live in, where all the inhabitants are so upright and honest.”

MRS. WILTON.  “Yes, my dear; but business must be attended to before pleasure, and we are bound for Chili.

“Chili is an independent State, and includes the country of those same ignorant Araucanians; who, notwithstanding their attributed ignorance, have proved themselves equal in some respects to Europeans; for they have tried in vain to subdue this warlike race of men.  The shores of Chili are mostly high, steep, and rocky.  The whole country is extremely rich in metals:  silver is there found nearer the surface than in any other country.  Nearly all the rivers wash down gold and there are copper, lead, and even coal mines.  The Chilians are good potters, and make light, strong, earthenware jars, which ring like metal.  Chili is specially subject to earthquakes; shocks are felt in some parts almost daily, and the country is continually desolated by them.”

MR. WILTON.  “The little island of Mocha on this coast was once celebrated as a resort of buccaneers, and thickly peopled; but it was found deserted by Captain Strong in 1690; and appears to have remained uninhabited since.”

EMMA.  “The most memorable island near our course is Juan Fernandez, 110 miles from the coast.  I ought rather to have said islands, for there are two.  The largest was discovered by a Spaniard in 1563, and has been so much praised by early navigators, that it has been thought an earthly paradise.  Its chief advantages arises from its being a good resting-place for ships.  This island is called Mas-a-terra, because nearest the continent.  There are many Spanish settlers there, who have erected a battery, and built a town.  The smaller island is generally called Mas-a-fuero, because further from the continent.”

MR. WILTON.  “Juan Fernandez has lately been taken on lease from the Chilian Government, by an enterprising American, who has taken thither about 150 families of Tahitians, with the intention of cultivating the land, rearing cattle, and so improving the port of Cumberland Bay, that it may become the resort of whalers, and other vessels navigating the Pacific Ocean.”