CHAPTER IX.

Talcahuana.—Its Streets.—Public Buildings.—Market.—Calaboose.— The Harbor.—Churches.—Paulparees.—Inhabitants.—Manners and Customs.—Getting off Water.—Mackey again in Trouble.—In the Calaboose.—Californians.—Climate and Products of Chili.— Horseback Riding.—Spanish Wake.—Desertion.—American Consul.— Mackey’s Oration.—Swimming ashore.—Departure. 71