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of the mules; but they went off next day quite well, & we did not hear afterwards, that the fall had done them harm. Even the great strength of a mule is not able to withstand such treatment, when the animal is loaded, & unable to help itself.
The next day we went to a small farm-house, on the banks of the R. Cachapoal; where there are some warm baths, much resorted to by the invalids of Santiago. — The road was very bad & tedious; the Cordillera on this line is not nearly so grand as on the Portillo pass; its rugged form alone shows it is composed of a granitic formation. The Baths are situated at the bottom of a ravine, which branches off from the great valley; the ravine is very narrow & steep-sided, & abounds with the fine trees of the Chilian Palm. — I stayed here three days: about two miles higher up the valley, there is a mine of Copper. In returning, I passed by the
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