Identifier: aroundaboutsouth00vinc (find matches)
Title: Around and about South America
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Vincent, Frank, 1848- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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h rises abruptly from the level plain to a height ofeight hundred feet, and from which may be had a remarkablyinteresting view of the city and the great snowy range of theAndes. This outlook, called the Cerro de Santa Lucia, isa very popular resort with both citizens and strangers. Agood carriage-road winds upward nearly to the summit, andpaths and stone staircases seem to lead up and about it inevery direction. It is surrounded at the base by a lofty wall,with an imposing iron gateway, where a small entrance fee ischarged. The near appearance of this miniature hill is espe-cially striking. Here is a bare, rocky precipice, there a massof evergreen trees and vines; here is a bed of flowers perchedin an almost inaccessible nook, there are grottoes, statues,belvederes, a swimming-bath, a restaurant, kiosks, a his-torical museum, and an astronomical observatory; while, incontrast to all the rest, the actual apex of sharp rock is cov-ered by an octagonal cupola of glass. All these improve-
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THE CAPITAL OF CHILI. 109 ments and embellishments were effected by the late BenjaminVicuna Mackenna, the eminent Chilian author, editor, orator,and statesman, who was Governor of Santiago for manyyears, and one of the candidates for the presidency in 1876,though he failed of election. The staircases leading to.thehighest point are necessarily very narrow and steep, and itreally requires a strong head and a steady foot for the ascent.But, having clambered up, one is amply repaid by the mag-nificent prospect. Directly at your feet lies the city of San-tiago, on an almost perfectly level plain, its houses of pink,white, green, and yellow, picturesquely contrasting with eachother, and the monotony of their tiled roofs artistically brokenby church spires, towers, and lofty public buildings. Throughthe northern part of the city flows a small stream, called theMapocho, which is crossed by five bridges, one of themflanked with little shops like the famous Ponte Yecchio atFlorence. The city i

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