CHAPTER IV.

Arrival at Valparaiso--War between Chili, Peru, and Bolivia--Sir George Nares returns to England--Captain Maclear joins--Coquimbo--Shell Terraces--Trip to Las Cardas--Habits of _Pteroptochus_--Island of St. Ambrose--Habits of Petrels--Flight of the Albatross--Santiago de Chilé--Natural History Museum--Santa Lucia--Church of La Compania--Heights of Montenegro--A Fly-trap Plant--Copper mines of Brillador--Peculiarities of Chilian Mines--Talcahuano--Outbreak of Small-pox--Isla de los Reyes--Shooting a "Coypo"--Railway Trip to Araucanian Territory--Our Locomotive--Incidents of the Journey--Fossil Tree-trunk at Quiriquina Island 81-102