. The earth and its inhabitants ... 2, andagain in 1837. The Las Damas Pass has received its name from the astronomerSouillac, who visited these districts in 1805^ and reported that the mountainmight be quite easily crossed even by ladies The Planch on Pass stands atan elevation of 9,915 feet on the flanks of Peteroa, and was frequently followedby the marauding Indians, who formerly carried off the cattle of the Argentinefarmers and sold them on the Chilian markets. Many engineers have proposed PHYSICAL FEATUEES OF CHILI. 417 it as the most convenient for a road and a railway, its latitude bei
. The earth and its inhabitants ... 2, andagain in 1837. The Las Damas Pass has received its name from the astronomerSouillac, who visited these districts in 1805^ and reported that the mountainmight be quite easily crossed even by ladies The Planch on Pass stands atan elevation of 9,915 feet on the flanks of Peteroa, and was frequently followedby the marauding Indians, who formerly carried off the cattle of the Argentinefarmers and sold them on the Chilian markets. Many engineers have proposed PHYSICAL FEATUEES OF CHILI. 417 it as the most convenient for a road and a railway, its latitude being about thesame as that of Buenos Ay res. Descabezado—Antuco. The numerous volcanoes which are grouped round the Descabezado, or Decapi-tated (12,760 feet), although at present quiescent, show evidences of formereruptions. They lie entirely within the Chilian frontier in the Maule river basin,which is fed by their snows, their little glaciers and lakelets dotted over the Fig. 158.—Volcanic Descabezado Geoup. Scale 1 : 370,
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