What I saw on the west coast of South and North America, and at the Hawaiian Islands.: By H. Willis Baxley, M.D.

CHAPTER XIX.
VOYAGE COASTWISE NORTHWARD-CONSTITUCION-COPPER PRODUCT OF CHIILE-SAILING
VESSEL TO CALLAO NOT AS RELIABLE AS STEAMER TO PAITA-GULF OF GUAYAQUIL
TO TUMBES.
ABOARD of the staunch American steamer " Biobio "-Commander George N. Rogers-we stood through the principal
entrance of the bay to the north-nortlhwest, between Quiriquina
Island and Loberia Head, and shortly after changed our course
due north, and passed Cullin Point and Coliumo Head, the
coast trending first a short distance east, then south, and then
returning on itself to form the small Bay of Coliumo, which
affords secure shelter for coasters in heavy southwvesters. It is
back of this bay that the coal strata of Chile are first seen, whichl
stretch to the south as far as the Island of Chiloe, upwards of
three hundred miles.
From Coliumo Bay, for fifty-six miles north to Cape Carranza, and even to the mouth of the Itata River, the shore line
is high and partially wooded. Off Cape Carranza the rock is
found, about three-fourths of a mile from shore, on which the
Chilean war-steamner was wrecked in 1856 with a loss of four
hundred lives. Seventeen miles further north, in latitude 35~
20', close in shore is a rock of imposing size, from its Gothic appearance known as La Iglesia-the church-an opening like a
doorway of corresponding architecture, contributing to the resemblance. And from half to one mile beyond are two pyramidal rocky masses, the one named Las Ventanas, from its
window-like openings, the other Piedra Lobos-being thle resort
of seals; they mark the mouth of the River Alaul6. The Cerro
-Autm'i on the south bank of the river recedes in such a manner
near its mouth, as to enclose a semicircular plain on which
stands the town of Constit.cio?, often provincially called Maul6,