Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America

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Valparaiso.--Principal South American Port of the Pacific.--A Good Harbor.--Tallest Mountain on this Continent.--The Newspaper Press.--Warlike Aspect.--Girls as Car Conductors.--Chilian Exports.--Foreign Merchants.--Effects of Civil War.--Gambling in Private Houses.--Immigration.--Culture of the Grape.--Agriculture.--Island of Juan Fernandez 315