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It is said that the sugar-cane grew at Ingenio, lat. 32 to 33 degs., but not in sufficient quantity to make the manufacture profitable. In the valley of Quillota, south of Ingenio, I saw some large date palm trees. Bulkeley's and Cummin's Faithful Narrative of the Loss of the Wager. The earthquake happened August 25, 1741. Agueros, Desc. Hist. de Chiloe, p. 227.
For the Falkland Islands, I am indebted to Capt. The temperature of Dublin is taken from Barton. Agueros, Descrip. Hist. de la Prov. de Chiloe, 1791, p. 94. See the German Translation of this Journal; and for the other facts, Mr. On the Cordillera of central Chile, I believe the snow-line varies exceedingly in height in different summers.
Neither Agueros nor Falkner had ever seen the tree; but the latter supposed it of the fir tribe from description, and supposes it might thrive in England if its seeds could be brought over, as the country in which it grows is as cold as Britain, and it is reckoned the most valuable timber of that country both for beauty and duration.
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