. The wilds of Patagonia; a narrative of the Swedish expedition to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands in 1907-1909 . bellies in the mud, the wheels of the carts ahnost disappearing. In Coronel our expedition divided again. Halle waskindly taken care of by the Swedish Vice-Consul, Granfelt, and during the following weeks dedicatedhimseK to a geological survey of the interesting coal-mines in the province of Arauco ; he made his head-quarters in Coronel, Lota, and Lebu, and obtained veryvaluable results. Certainly all of us took the chance ofvisiting the famous park in L
. The wilds of Patagonia; a narrative of the Swedish expedition to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands in 1907-1909 . bellies in the mud, the wheels of the carts ahnost disappearing. In Coronel our expedition divided again. Halle waskindly taken care of by the Swedish Vice-Consul, Granfelt, and during the following weeks dedicatedhimseK to a geological survey of the interesting coal-mines in the province of Arauco ; he made his head-quarters in Coronel, Lota, and Lebu, and obtained veryvaluable results. Certainly all of us took the chance ofvisiting the famous park in Lota. This, as well as apart of the town itself and the coal-mines, are the propertyof the family Cousiiio. Unfortunately, the park is not aswell kept as it used to be, and is also spoilt by a palacewith four fa9ades in four different styles, and by dozensof spurious statues of a very suspiciously German Lota, Quensel and I went to Concepcion, a largertown of pure European stamp, and from there by electrictramway to its port, Talcahuano, the naval port of .-*;^2SS08 m -J. i*^3i*^S^^#^P r^M^7^ p^isjl^ ^ IfAKBOUR AT VALPARAISO. IN THE HEART OF CHILE 127 Chile, and the only good harbour north of Chiloe. Therewe went on board the Vestfold once more. 0 n August 14Valparaiso spread out over the narrow beach, and,climbing high up on the many hills behind, lay beforeus, and between the hundreds of steamers and sailing-vessels we were conducted to an anchorage. The principal reason for our visit here was that weintended to make an excursion to the Juan FernandezIslands, which we accomplished between August 20 and31. We had prepared it long before, and CaptainLowenborg pleaded our case so well that Admiral Monttput at our disposal the large and comfortable transportvessel the Casma. Before the trip was undertaken,and also after our return, we found ample time to seeboth Valparaiso and Santiago, with their scientific in-stitutes, and also to make a couple of lo
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