, 1864-11-09
EXPLORATION IN SOTrTn
AMERICA. -
A NEWLY Diseovered Pass Over the An
0ee31noncelnen to EurOpean1 10
Settle In 3oukh America

At meeting Of the Royal Geographical
Society In London, the paper rcnd was IN
- Newly Discovered Low Pass over the
AndeE, IN Chill, south Of Va1d1sia," by Don
out!e1MG Go4, uahslAted aud communI.
Biz Woodbine Parish stated TINT sanor Cav
was the SOD Of an English physician Of Vai.
pa1atso, and hsd undertaken hfs yernnt 70
narkahle journey with a view to discover an
easy route oet~ cen the new Chiliau settle
s1ts ard o21z CT the Pacific in forty degrees
the, River Negro, which eighty tss .yeaFs aeo aeo
Spanish explorer, to be 111; na1is;.h,a a
from ths. eastern side of the Andes sJlo to
the Atlantic. He equipped an eIneditfon
az n1s oTn cost at Port Montt, new Der
nan nan settlement now containing Is, 900 inbab-
uts, naadsa, 4ear t me l1land @ ot Chiae, and pro-
lakss. Llanquilbue and fodos-os.sa @ Gtne
towards the almost unknown inland sra n
Nagueiguapt. He traversed the lakes bv meana
o1 Entta percha hoats, three of which were
eszliga ~ the party, and succeeded in dis
covering pass over the Cordlllera, at an a.
hnn5e.g 1nds ~ aot more thao two thousand eight
4unofed 1eet. Arrived at the end Of The
Lag Lake Naguelhuapl {Lake Of T5gers), which
lies on tae eastern side Of the cnsin OF the
Anoes, senor Co1's party were refofced to
nna ofoad Btream issuing from it in the di.
1ecuon q the rivers which flow into the At
tanssc. t Nlne Ct the sixteen persons who
Wnat. ,WTfmeu tae expedition here returned to Port
noats, the rest embarked in one Of the
esGi ooate and descended the river, which is
caned the Ltnay, and forms one Of the aftlu-
ents OF the Rio Negro. at length, when
nltAan hTe miles Of the point to which villa.
llno had attained in ascending the Rio Ne
gIo from the Atlantic, the boat upset, and
~ ~ Party escaped drowning only to
cf $rIha ,f
e. TramEas m Indians, enc.mpeu near the spot.
ilI1 hae Eacique at length promised to assist
ntln IN reaching the Rio Negro on condition
u 1aal ne first went to Valdiyia for presents.
me 1eeFcesing Of the CorailIera at a more
l5,s n5n,ltherly point towards Valdivia YVES accom-
Piss;aed ; without much difficulty, but the
tha Maan OBJECT OF senor Cox's journey, namely,
ne opening Of an easy passage across the
eontinent, has been, up to the present time,
frustrated hY the hostility of the Indians.
AuH1ia! Fltzroy said that the region to
t. Mutcn lnelf attention had been called, was,
VIII respect both to soil and climate, well
suits Of Epg1ishmen, The western side OF
me southern parts Of South Amer1ca EN-
ofacea Come Of the ffrest regions fn the
"ollo, IN proof Of which he lad only to
Polnl 70 Inc fact that the new German colo
Y o. foH Montt, In region which, when
ne surveyed the coset, was peopled only by
sesn,y heeoys aotaes Of ssvages, had in ten years
tants- A little further to the north there
was place where We now heard of twenty
Or thirty ships at a time loading coal; while
81 Tue lime Of his visit nothing but q feT
fragments Of coal were Eeen 1slng. about
Which no one thought worth picking mp.
me range OF the Andes is rich IN minerals,
and the whole Of the country to the west IS
well timbered. Indeed, the country is nj
ready becoming the abode Of civilized men,
ior number Of new settlements had lats1y
sprung into existence along the eastern coast
and In the Straits Of Magellan, as we'll as
en the western side. The forests OF the
Ch1lian side inclsde extensive forests Of ap.
pie trees of good edible varieties, aad the
country also possesses three different kinds
Of potatoes, better than any he had ever elt-
en- at home. He Was orly surprised, consi6-