. The South American tour : a descriptive guide. IALALh Ul IIM, ;. ENTllANCK TO CKUKO, SANTA LUCIA SANTIAGO 181 a small chapel where Benj. ]\Iackenna is interred and whereservices are held on the anniversary of his death. Lookingover the parapet one may see below the remnants of an oldgateway surmounted by two small Spanish guns. A littlefarther down is a monument to the first ardibishop of San-tiago. The statue of Pedro de Valdivia, on tlie spot wherehe built his fort, deserves especial heed. The inscriptionreads: The valiant Captain of Estremadura, first Governorof Chile, who in this
. The South American tour : a descriptive guide. IALALh Ul IIM, ;. ENTllANCK TO CKUKO, SANTA LUCIA SANTIAGO 181 a small chapel where Benj. ]\Iackenna is interred and whereservices are held on the anniversary of his death. Lookingover the parapet one may see below the remnants of an oldgateway surmounted by two small Spanish guns. A littlefarther down is a monument to the first ardibishop of San-tiago. The statue of Pedro de Valdivia, on tlie spot wherehe built his fort, deserves especial heed. The inscriptionreads: The valiant Captain of Estremadura, first Governorof Chile, who in this very spot encamped his band of 1;jOconquerors, Dec. 13, 1540. Giving to these rocks the nameof Santa Lucia and forming of them a bastion he plannedand founded the city of Santiago, Feb. 12, 1541. To seeall the points of beauty and interest one nuist ramble onfoot by the pretty paths leading in every direction to charm-ing nooks or delightful outlooks. At noon a cannon at thesummit of the hill is daily discharged by electricity from theObservatory in the Quinta Normal o
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