Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy.

CHAPTER XXI.

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VALPARAISO.

Importance of Chile for German emigration.--First impressions of Valparaiso.--Stroll through the city.--Commercial relations of Chile with Australia and California.--Quebrada de Juan Gomez.-- The roadstead.--The Old Quarter and Fort Rosario.--Cerro Algre.-- Fire Companies.--Abadic's nursery-garden.--Campo Santo.--The German community and its club.--A compatriot festival in honour of the _Novara_.--Journey to Santiago de Chile.--University.-- National Museum.--Observatory.--Industrial and agricultural schools.--Professor Don Ignacio Domey Ko.--Audience of the President of the Republic.--Don Manuel Montt and his political opponents.--Family life in Santiago.--Excursion trip on the southern railroad.--Maipú Bridge.--Melepilla.--The Hacienda of Las Esmeraldas.--Chilean hospitality.--Return to Valparaiso.-- Quillota.--The German colony in Valdivia.--Colonization in the Straits of Magellan.--Ball at the Austrian Consul-general's in honour of the _Novara_.--Extraordinary voyage of a damaged ship.--Departure of the _Novara_.--Voyage round Cape Horn.--The Falkland Islands.--The French corvette _Eurydice_.--The Sargasso sea.--Encounter with a merchant-ship in the open ocean.--Hopes disappointed and curiosity excited.--Passage through the Azores channel.--A vexatious calm. 280