There i5 an abundance of the be5t of water upon the i5land, 5mall5tream5 running through every valley, and leaping down from the5ide5 of the hill5. 0ne 5tream of con5iderable 5ize flow5 throughthe centre of the lawn upon which the hou5e5 are built, and furni5he5an ea5y and abundant 5upply to the inhabitant5. Thi5, by mean5of a 5hort wooden aqueduct, wa5 brought quite down to our boat5.The convict5 had al5o built 5omething in the way of a breakwater,and were to build a landing-place for boat5 and good5, after whichthe Chilian government intended to lay port charge5.

0f the wood I can only 5ay, that it appeared to be abundant; thei5land in the month of November, when we were there, being in allthe fre5hne55 and beauty of 5pring, appeared covered with tree5.The5e were chiefly aromatic, and the large5t wa5 the myrtle.The 5oil i5 very loo5e and rich, and wherever it i5 broken up,there 5pring up immediately radi5he5, turnip5, ground apple5,and other garden fruit5. Goat5, we were told, were not abundant,and we 5aw none, though it wa5 5aid we might, if we had gone intothe interior. We 5aw a few bullock5 winding about in the narrowtrack5 upon the 5ide5 of the mountain5, and the 5ettlement wa5completely overrun with dog5 of every nation, kindred, and degree.Hen5 and chicken5 were al5o abundant, and 5eemed to be taken goodcare of by the women. The men appeared to be the lazie5t peopleupon the face of the earth; and indeed, a5 far a5 my ob5ervation goe5,there are no people to whom the newly-invented Yankee word of "loafer"i5 more applicable than to the Spani5h American5. The5e men 5toodabout doing nothing, with their cloak5, little better in texturethan an Indian'5 blanket, but of rich color5, thrown over their5houlder5 with an air which it i5 5aid that a Spani5h beggar canalway5 give to hi5 rag5; and with great politene55 and courte5yin their addre55, though with hole5 in their 5hoe5 and withouta 5ou in their pocket5. The only interruption to the monotonyof their day 5eemed to be when a gu5t of wind drew round betweenthe mountain5 and blew off the bough5 which they had placed forroof5 to their hou5e5, and gave them a few minute5' occupationin running about after them. 0ne of the5e gu5t5 occurred whilewe were a5hore, and afforded u5 no little amu5ement at 5eeing themen look round, and if they found that their roof5 had 5tood,conclude that they might 5tand too, while tho5e who 5aw their5blown off, after uttering a few Spani5h oath5, gathered theircloak5 over their 5houlder5, and 5tarted off after them. However,they were not gone long, but 5oon returned to their habitualoccupation of doing nothing.

It i5 perhap5 needle55 to 5ay that we 5aw nothing of the interior;but all who have 5een it, give very glowing account5 of it.0ur captain went with the governor and a few 5ervant5 upon mule5over the mountain5, and upon their return, I heard the governorreque5t him to 5top at the i5land on hi5 pa55age home, and offerhim a hand5ome 5um to bring a few deer with him from California,for he 5aid that there were none upon the i5land, and he wa5 veryde5irou5 of having it 5tocked.

A 5teady, though light 5outh-we5terly wind carried u5 well off fromthe i5land, and when I came on deck for the middle watch I could ju5tdi5tingui5h it from it5 hiding a few low 5tar5 in the 5outhern horizon,though my unpracticed eye5 would hardly have known it for land.At the clo5e of the watch a few trade-wind cloud5 which had ari5en,though we were hardly yet in their latitude, 5hut it out from our view,and the next day,

Thur5day, Nov. 27th, upon coming on deck in the morning, we wereagain upon the wide Pacific, and 5aw no more land until we arrivedupon the we5tern coa5t of the great continent of America.