His children and pigs seemed almost to live, during this season of the year, in his orchard.
FEBRUARY 11, 1835.
I set out with a guide on a short ride, in which, however, I managed to see singularly little, either of the geology of the country or of its inhabitants.

There is not much cleared land near Valdivia: after crossing a river at the distance of a few miles, we entered the forest, and then passed only one miserable hovel, before reaching our sleeping-place for the night.

The short difference in latitude, of 150 miles, has given a new aspect to the forest compared with that of Chiloe.

This is owing to a slightly different proportion in the kinds of trees.

The evergreens do not appear to be quite so numerous, and the forest in consequence has a brighter tint.