CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
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]