The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 385 pages |
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Page 259
... price of a loaf : but lately this demand has ceased , for they have found salt in abundance . They have retained their dress , their complexion , and their beards . A year only before this account was written , a man from Chiloé got to ...
... price of a loaf : but lately this demand has ceased , for they have found salt in abundance . They have retained their dress , their complexion , and their beards . A year only before this account was written , a man from Chiloé got to ...
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... price , their talents are either never developed , or are wholly employed upon trifles . The expenses of printing are also so great , as to discourage literary exertion , so that few aspire to the reputation of authors , The knowledge ...
... price , their talents are either never developed , or are wholly employed upon trifles . The expenses of printing are also so great , as to discourage literary exertion , so that few aspire to the reputation of authors , The knowledge ...
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... price in money at which every thing shall be rated . It is obvious that such an interference is absolutely necessary , the Chilotes being obliged , when they bought , to pay what the seller chose to demand , and when they sold , to take ...
... price in money at which every thing shall be rated . It is obvious that such an interference is absolutely necessary , the Chilotes being obliged , when they bought , to pay what the seller chose to demand , and when they sold , to take ...
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... Price 21. 2s . and on royal Paper , with first Impressions of the Plates , price 31. 3s . in extra Boards . " In Mr. Weld this illustrious and beautiful scenery has found an accurate and able delineator . His pen and his pencil have ...
... Price 21. 2s . and on royal Paper , with first Impressions of the Plates , price 31. 3s . in extra Boards . " In Mr. Weld this illustrious and beautiful scenery has found an accurate and able delineator . His pen and his pencil have ...
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... Price 11. 10s . in Boards . " This work is an extremely valuable addition to our in- formation upon colonial affairs . It abounds in facts the re- sult of actual observation . " - Edinb . Rev. • 6. TRAVELS in SOUTH AMERICA during the ...
... Price 11. 10s . in Boards . " This work is an extremely valuable addition to our in- formation upon colonial affairs . It abounds in facts the re- sult of actual observation . " - Edinb . Rev. • 6. TRAVELS in SOUTH AMERICA during the ...
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admapu Angol ANN RADCLIFFE Antiguenu appeared appointed Arau Araucanians Arauco Archipelago arms arrival attack Author battle besieged Bio-bio Boards Brit called Canete canians Caupolican cavalry CHAP chief Chili Chilian Chiloé civil Colocolo command containing Copiapo Crit Cujo death defeated Don Garcia enemy English Engravings European expedition favour foolscap 8vo fortress garrison give governor Grammar History horse Huilliches hundred illustrated Indians inhabitants island Jago killed language large vols Lautaro LINDLEY MURRAY Lumaco manner Maúle military mountains nation natives neral nians notwithstanding observed occasion officers Osorno particles peace Pedro Pehuenches person Peru Peruvians Plates POEMS possess present Price 12s principal prisoners Promaucians provinces Puelches Puren rendered retired river ROBERT SOUTHEY royal Second Edition sent settlements shore siege soldiers Spain Spaniards tained tenses thousand tion Toqui tribes troops Tucapel Ulmenes Valdivia valiant valour verb Villagran Volume whence
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Page 388 - F., Travels in South America, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; containing a description of the Captain-Generalship of Caraccas, and an account of the discovery, conquest, topography, legislature, commerce, finance, and natural productions of the country; with a view of the manners and customs of the Spaniards and the native Indians, translated from the French, two volumes, London, 1807.
Page 193 - A detachment of cavalry was immediately sent under the guidance of this spy, and at day break made prisoner of that great man, but not till after a gallant resistance from ten of his most faithful soldiers, who would not abandon him. His wife, who never ceased exhorting him to die rather than surrender, on seeing him taken, indignantly threw towards him his infant son, saying, she would retain nothing that belonged to a coward. The detachment returned to the city amidst the rejoicings of the populace,...
Page 160 - There was one province, the population of which amounted, it is said, "to twelve thousand persons, of which number, not more than one hundred escaped with life." In accordance with the settlement enjoined by Valdivia, two officers of note, Alderete and one Francis Aiguirre, had precedence of Villagran in the government, but their absence at the time of the first viceroy's decease, left him without a rival. The return of Aiguirre to Chili threatened to involve...