Chapter 2

Valparaiso and the adjacent country--The Bay--Aspect of the Town--Lighthouses--Forts--Custom House--Exchange--Hotels and Taverns--War with the Peru-Bolivian Confederation--First Expedition--Preparations for the Second Expedition--Embarkation of the Troops--Close of the Port--July Festival in honor of the French Revolution--The _Muele_, or Mole--Police--_Serenos_, or Watchmen--Movable Prisons--Clubs--Trade of Valparaiso--Santiago--Zoology 15