Itisprobablethatmuchofthesnowatthesegreatheightsisevaporatedratherthanthawed。
[12]Miers’sChile,vol。i。p。415。Itissaidthatthesugar-canegrewatIngenio,lat。32to33degs。,butnotinsufficientquantitytomakethemanufactureprofitable。InthevalleyofQuillota,southofIngenio,Isawsomelargedatepalmtrees。
[13]Bulkeley’sandCummin’sFaithfulNarrativeoftheLossoftheWager。TheearthquakehappenedAugust25,1741。
[14]Agueros,Desc。Hist。deChiloe,p。227。
[15]GeologicalTransactions,vol。vi。p。415。