(PLATE 60.

TROCHILUS FORFICATUS.) 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.
CENTRAL CHILE.
JULY 23, 1834.
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.