CHAPTER IV.

Baths of Apoquinto--Slopes of the Cordillera--Excursion to Santa Rosa de los Andes and the valley of Aconcagua--Return to Valparaiso--Voyage in the German steamer _Rhamses_--Visit to Lota--Parque of Lota--Coast of Southern Chili--Gulf of Peñas-- Hale Cove--Messier’s Channel--Beautiful scenery--The English narrows--Eden harbour--Winter vegetation--Eyre Sound--Floating ice--Sarmiento Channel--Puerto Bueno--Smyth’s Channel-- Entrance to the Straits of Magellan--Glorious morning--Borya Bay--Mount Sarmiento 188