This neighbourhood is the most cultivated part of the Archipelago; for a broad strip of land on the coast of the main island, as well as on many of the smaller adjoining ones, is almost completely cleared.

Some of the farmhouses seemed very comfortable.

I was curious to ascertain how rich any of these people might be, but Mr.Douglas says that no one can be considered as possessing a regular income.

One of the richest landowners might possibly accumulate, in a long industrious life, as much as 1000 pounds sterling; but should this happen, it would all be stowed away in some secret corner, for it is the custom of almost every family to have a jar or treasure-chest buried in the ground.
NOVEMBER 30, 1834.
Early on Sunday morning we reached Castro, the ancient capital of Chiloe, but now a most forlorn and deserted place.

The usual quadrangular arrangement of Spanish towns could be traced, but the streets and plaza were coated with fine green turf, on which sheep were browsing.