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CHAPTER XVI. Chiloe — Its probable importance — Valdivia founds seven Cities ; afterwards destroyed by the Indians — Migration of Spanish settlers — Province and Islands of Chiloe — Dis- tricts and population — Government — Defence — Winds — To'W'n — Durability of wooden BuUdings — Cultivation — Want of industry — Improvement — Dress — Habits of lower Classes — Morality — Schools — Language — Produce — Manufactures — Exports and imports — Varieties of wood — Alerse — Roads — Piraguas — Ploughs — Com — Potatoes — Contributions — Birds — SheU-fish — Medical practitioners — Remedies — Climate 269 CHAPTER XVII. Chiloe the last Spanish possession in South America — Freyre's Expedition — Failure — Second Expedition rnider Freyre and Blanco — QuintanOla's capitulation — Chiloe taken — Aldunate placed in command — Chiloe a dependency of Chile — Beagle sails to sea coast of Tierra del Fuego — Adelaide repaired — Adelaide sails — Adventure goes to
