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CHAPTER XIV
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(PLATE 69.

ANTUCO VOLCANO, NEAR TALCAHUANO.) San Carlos, Chiloe.
Osorno in eruption, contemporaneously with Aconcagua and Coseguina.
Ride to Cucao.
Impenetrable forests.
Valdivia.
Indians.
Earthquake.
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.
(PLATE 70.

PANORAMIC VIEW OF COAST, CHILOE.

OSORNO AND QUELLAYPO.) (PLATE 71.

INSIDE ISLAND OF CHILOE.


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