Chapter III: Preface: v

I. THE COUNTRY 1

II. THE WEST COAST 19

III. VALE OF PARADISE 46

IV. THE CITY OF SAINT JAMES 69

V. THE GRANARY OF THE REPUBLIC 92

VI. THE LAND OF THE FIRE 120

VII. THE BACKBONE OF THE CONTINENT 148

VIII. A LABORATORY OF NATURE 178

IX. THE PEOPLE 191

X. AN UNCONQUERABLE RACE 212

XI. EDUCATION AND THE ARTS 230

XII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 243

XIII. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES 261

XIV. THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE 280

XV. THE NITRATE WAR 315

XVI. CIVIL WAR AND ITS RESULTS 336

XVII. PRESENT CONDITIONS AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES 360

APPENDICES 391

INDEX 405

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A CHILEAN GIRL WITH THE _MANTA_ (_See page 90_) _Frontispiece_

MAP OF CHILE 2

THE ANDES FROM SANTA LUCIA 6

THE WEST COAST 20

A MILK BOY IN PERU 28

ROW BOATS CROWDING AROUND A STEAMER 33

THE HARBOUR OF ARICA 36

A STREET SCENE, ANTOFAGASTA 42

COQUIMBO, A TYPICAL WEST COAST TOWN 44

AN “ASCENSOR” IN VALPARAISO 47

A CHICKEN PEDDLER, VALPARAISO 57

A VENDER OF DONKEY’S MILK, VALPARAISO 58

AN ATTRACTIVE HOME, VIÑA DEL MAR 60

SANTA LUCIA 71

ALAMEDA DE LAS DELICIAS, SANTIAGO 72

DANCING LA CUECA, THE NATIONAL DANCE 75

A GROUP OF NEWSBOYS, SANTIAGO 81

A MARKET SCENE, SANTIAGO 82

THE OLDEST BUILDING IN SANTIAGO 89

A PLANTATION OWNER 97

DRAWING AN AMERICAN THRESHER 99

VIEW OF PUERTO MONTT 108

IN THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN 122

A WRECK ON THE COAST OF CHILE 128

GENERAL VIEW OF PUNTA ARENAS 132

PORT FAMINE, IN THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN 135

THE ACONCAGUA RIVER 149

LOOKING TOWARDS ACONCAGUA 151

THE SALTO DEL SOLDADO 154

REFUGE HOUSE ALONG THE OLD INCA TRAIL 157

THE CHRIST OF THE ANDES 161

THE SOLITUDE OF THE ANDES 163

LOADING NITRATE 186

A GROUP OF CHILEAN GIRLS 206

OX CARTS 223

THE ESCUELA NAVAL, VALPARAISO 233

THE HARBOUR, VALPARAISO 248

JUNCAL STATION 258

TRANSANDINO CHILENO RAILWAY, SHOWING ABT SYSTEM OF COGS 260

A CHILEAN PRIEST 268

JOSÉ DE SAN MARTIN 289

CONGRESS PALACE, SANTIAGO 305

DIGGING NITRATE 316

THE MILITARY BARRACKS, SANTIAGO 346

CHILEAN SOLDIERS 352

A MARKET SCENE, VALPARAISO 364

THE BATTLESHIP, “O’HIGGINS” 371

A TYPICAL COAST SCENE 377

THE CUSTOM HOUSE, VALPARAISO 388

CHILE AND HER PEOPLE OF TO-DAY